[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING EUGENIA ARMBRECHT FOR BEING NAMED FIRST LADY OF MOBILE

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 2, 2009

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is with great pride and pleasure that I 
rise today to honor Mrs. Eugenia Armbrecht on the occasion of her being 
named First Lady of Mobile. The Mobile chapters of Beta Sigma Phi, an 
international women's network with over 165,000 members, recently 
bestowed this honor on her.
  Known to her many friends as ``Gigi,'' she is a tireless volunteer 
and has devoted her entire life to improving the lives of countless 
people who call Mobile and south Alabama home.
  Gigi moved to Mobile from Galveston, Texas, just in time for her 
senior year at Murphy High School. Following graduation, she moved to 
Tuscaloosa where she attended the University of Alabama and received a 
bachelor's degree in education. She met her future husband, Conrad 
Armbrecht, in Tuscaloosa, and after graduation, they moved to Mobile 
where she began teaching first grade.
  She soon developed an interest in special education and began working 
on her first master's degree at the University of South Alabama. Gigi 
also began giving much of her time as a volunteer for Mobile United, 
and by 1988, she was a paid employee of the organization. Ten years 
later, she was recruited to join AT&T, and she now serves as manager of 
regional and external affairs for the company.
  Gigi was also honored this year as a distinguished University of 
South Alabama alumna and the Junior League of Mobile's Sustainer of the 
Year.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to offer my personal congratulations to 
Mrs. Eugenia ``Gigi'' Armbrecht for being named this year's First Lady 
of Mobile; truly, no one is more deserving of this high honor. And in 
so doing, I would also like to recognize Gigi for her lifetime of 
outstanding professional and philanthropic accomplishments; she is 
truly a role model for our entire community.
  Furthermore, I would ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating 
this respected and dedicated friend to many throughout south Alabama. I 
know Gigi's family; her husband, Conrad; their two wonderful children, 
Stewart and Amanda; her granddaughter and her many friends and other 
family join me in praising Gigi's accomplishments and extending thanks 
for her never-ending efforts to make south Alabama a better place to 
live and call home.

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