[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 43 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E388-E389]
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                     IN RECOGNITION OF PEGGY DODDS

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 2008

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I wish to recognize 
Peggy Dodds, a native South Carolinian for her service, loyalty, and 
dedication upon her retirement from the South Carolina Research 
Authority, SCRA.
  Before her commitment to SCRA, Mrs. Dodds worked for Columbia College 
for 13 years. concluding her tenure as the executive assistant to the 
president.
  On its upcoming 25th anniversary, SCRA is looking forward to 
celebrating its two and a half decades of building and managing multi-
organization teams for industry, government, and academia to advance 
our country's technical competitiveness, During Mrs. Dodds' service to 
SCRA, she dedicated herself to the premise that SCRA was founded upon--
to more quickly deploy our research successes for practical and 
competitive uses. This is still the bedrock of the organization across 
many disciplines, which include: manufacturing, shipbuilding, 
composites, law enforcement, homeland security, health care, and 
energy.
  Mrs. Dodds rose to the position of director of corporate relations 
and has been an integral contributor, often behind the scenes, to 
SCRA's many successes. As Bill Maloney, SCRA's CEO and president, has 
said, ``in a variety of ways and across a variety of programs, Peggy 
has provided consistently effective interface and execution 
capabilities on behalf of both the CEO and the entire company, 
punctuated with a unique signature of polite, pleasant 
professionalism.''
  During Mrs. Dodds' 18 years of service to SCRA, she has skillfully 
served and admirably performed in her capacity. Mrs. Dodds actively 
coordinated official business matters with the State's General Assembly 
and the South Carolina congressional delegation on behalf of SCRA 
presidents. Other responsibilities included scheduling and interaction 
with the

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SCRA trustees and chairman, recording secretary for the company and the 
All-Associates' meetings, and program management for the South Carolina 
Nutrition Research Consortium. Mrs. Dodds also assisted program 
management for SC Launch!, which is working to expand the knowledge 
economy of South Carolina. Additionally, she has contributed 
significantly to not only the day-to-day execution, but also the long-
term transformation of SCRA. Her integrity is reflected in the thoughts 
and comments of her peers. Robert Henderson, past president and CEO of 
SCRA. has remarked that ``she was a great friend and an astounding 
organizer.'' Another former president and CEO of SCRA, Larry Druffel, 
says it best with ``Peggy was not only the soul of the organization but 
she knew the history, the people and most importantly the culture, 
which she worked to nurture.''
  I am grateful for Peggy Dodds' service to the South Carolina Research 
Authority and her service to the many lives she has helped to improve 
in the State of South Carolina and the Nation. I know Peggy looks 
forward to focusing on her lamily and her church as well as traveling 
with her husband, Dave. I wish her good health and Godspeed for her 
future.

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