[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 29, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E91]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH H. (JIM) ZARZYCKI

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 29, 2008

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to honor 
Joseph H. ``Jim'' Zarzycki, director of the Edgewood Chemical 
Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Graduating with honors 
in chemical engineering in 1969 from the New Jersey Institute of 
Technology, Joseph Zarzycki went on to earn a master's degree in 
industrial engineering from Texas A&M University in 1970. He is also a 
graduate of the Defense Systems Management College's Program Management 
Course and holds a master's degree in public administration from 
Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a licensed 
professional engineer in Maryland and New Jersey.
  Jim has over 25 years of leadership in public and private 
organizations dealing with toxic and hazardous materials. He has worked 
in the Army's Chemical Demilitarization and Installation Program, as 
well as the Army Chemical Systems Laboratory, now the Edgewood Chemical 
Biological Center. Throughout most of the 1990s, Jim worked in the 
environmental consulting industry, directing the functions of waste 
management locations across the nation.
  In 1998, Jim returned to government service as the director of the 
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. There 
he has directed the efforts of over 1,600 scientists, engineers, and 
technicians working in the areas of chemical and biological defense, 
smoke obscurants, and non-lethal weapons technologies. He also manages 
technology development efforts in support of several important national 
security programs including chemical demilitarization, the chemical and 
biological warfare treaties, and chemical and biological 
counterterrorism.
  Jim is a recipient of the 2002 Presidential Rank meritorious 
Executive Award. In both 2002 and 2007 he was named Federal Laboratory 
Consortium Technology Transfer Department of Defense Director of the 
Year. Most recently, his organization, the Edgewood Chemical Biological 
Center, was selected as the Army Laboratory of the Year in 2007.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join with me today to honor Joseph H. 
``Jim'' Zarzycki. His legacy as a brilliant engineer will be forever 
remembered in his service to our domestic agencies as well as our armed 
forces. It is with great pride that I congratulate Jim Zarzycki on his 
exemplary career in chemical and biological defense.

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