[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 22, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S3251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     RETIREMENT OF DWIGHT WHITTAKER

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, today I am proud to honor an Idahoan 
who has devoted his adult life to helping the disabled, and the past 37 
years, doing this by leading the Development Workshop Incorporated, 
DWI, the largest community rehabilitation program in Idaho. DWI 
provides work and life skills and job training to those with 
disabilities, and helps them move into gainful employment. When Dwight 
founded DWI in 1971, it served 12 individuals; now, it's grown to a 
company that serves 700 to 800 people with locations in five eastern 
Idaho counties.
  Dwight's steady leadership, renowned courtesy and high integrity led 
DWI to success and earned him the Milton ``Milt'' Cohen Leadership 
Award from the National Industries for the Severely Handicapped in 
2006. Dwight led efforts over the years to preserve funding and promote 
legislation at both the State and national level for individuals with 
disabilities. In his position, he has consistently sought out 
commonsense solutions to service and funding challenges and has surely 
been most rewarded by seeing DWI grow into an organization of such 
esteem and reputation.
  The face of community rehabilitation in southeast Idaho has undergone 
a significant transformation over the past four decades, and the 
citizens of Idaho Falls and the surrounding areas have Dwight to thank. 
I wish him well in his retirement and am certain that he will bring the 
same gifts of leadership, comity and energy to whatever path he chooses 
to walk next.

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