[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 122 (Thursday, August 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8989-S8990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          COMMENDING LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RETIRED) WALTER PAUL

 Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, today I acknowledge the 
retirement of LTC (Ret.) Walter Paul, of the Colorado Army National 
Guard, and to recognize him for his distinguished public service as the 
resource manager and legislative director of the Colorado Department of 
Military and Veterans Affairs from 1999-2009.
  Walter Paul was born in Vienna, Austria, and raised in the state of 
Victoria, Australia. He received a BS in chemistry from the University 
of Wisconsin in 1971. After college, he entered the U.S. Army as an 
artillery officer and served on active duty in Oklahoma, California, 
and Germany. He left active duty in 1978 but remained committed to his 
service by joining the California Army National Guard. When he moved 
his family--his wife Anna and two daughters--to Colorado in 1979, he 
transferred to the Colorado Army National Guard. As an artillery 
officer in the Colorado Army National Guard, he commanded the 2nd 
Battalion 157th Field Artillery in Colorado Springs.
  As a traditional guardsman, Lieutenant Colonel Paul served as a 
member of the Guard on weekends while maintaining a business career 
during the week. He worked for Honeywell Semiconductor Division in 
Colorado Springs as a military program manager. In 1986, he earned his 
MBA from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, UCCS, and for 
13 years, he taught part time at the UCCS Business

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School. Lieutenant Colonel Paul also served as the chairman of the 
board of directors for St. Mary's High School in Colorado Springs, from 
which both of his daughters graduated.
  In 1999, Lieutenant Colonel Paul was hired as resource manager and 
legislative director for the Colorado Department of Military and 
Veterans Affairs. In that role, he was responsible for the department's 
State budget, purchasing and contracting, and State tuition assistance, 
and he coordinated all the State and Federal legislation that impacts 
the Colorado National Guard, veterans in Colorado, as well as the 
Colorado Civil Air Patrol. After 10 years working for the Department, 
Lieutenant Colonel Paul retired earlier this summer. His daughters are 
now married, and he and Anna, his wife of 39 years, live in Colorado 
Springs.
  I first met Lieutenant Colonel Paul in 1999 in my first year in 
office as a Member of the House of Representatives from Colorado's 
Second District. Over the years, he and his colleague Colonel (Ret.) 
William ``Robby'' Robinson worked very closely with my office on issues 
important to the Guard in Colorado, and helped me and my staff 
understand the critical role the Guard plays in times of peace and war. 
It was clear that this wasn't ``just'' a job for Lieutenant Colonel 
Paul--he was dedicated to his work and to the Guard, he was always 
available when my office needed his assistance, and his cheerful 
demeanor made him a joy to work with.
  LTC Walter Paul has tirelessly supported our Nation's men and women 
in uniform. He is a patriot whose distinctive accomplishments reflect 
great credit upon him, the State of Colorado, and the Nation. I hope my 
colleagues will join me not only in recognizing his past 
accomplishments, but also in wishing him all the best in his future 
pursuits.

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