[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 17 (Thursday, February 4, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING BELMONT CITY MANAGER JACK CRIST

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                          HON. JACKIE SPEIER-

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 4, 2010

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Jack Crist, who recently 
retired from his post as City Manager of Belmont, California.
  Jack has served his Nation and his community in many ways. In 1965, 
he joined the United States Army, earning his Army Aviator wings a year 
later. He went on to fly 375 combat missions in Vietnam, resupplying 
Special Forces units along the treacherous border between Vietnam and 
Cambodia. Upon returning home, Jack trained pilots at Fort Ord before 
being discharged in 1969.
  He graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in 
Economics and upon earning his CPA license, joined the City of 
Sacramento as Chief Accountant. His excellent work in that rapidly 
growing city inspired the local leaders to promote him to the post of 
Director of Finance, a job he held for ten years before being named 
Deputy City Manager. After a long run in that post, Jack moved to 
Modesto to become City Manager, finally landing in the post for which I 
honor him tonight: City Manager of Belmont.
  During Jack's tenure, he oversaw the reorganization of the fire 
department through the establishment of a Joint Partnership Agreement 
with neighboring San Carlos. He also helped the City Council draft and 
implement the Nation's strictest no-smoking ordinance.
  Jack and Margaret, his wife of more than forty years, are tireless 
travelers and no doubt, Jack's retirement will afford them time for 
more adventures. A consummate family-man who spends his free time 
plotting the Crist genealogy, he will surely be able to spend more time 
in Ohio--with daughter Patricia, her husband Roger and grandkids Kyle 
and Jack--and Texas, where daughter Jacklyn lives with her husband 
Michael and baby Nicolas.
  Madam Speaker, City Manager Jack Crist has served his fellow citizens 
to the utmost of his ability, whether in municipal government or 
wearing the uniform of the Unites States Army. For these reasons and so 
many more, I commend him and wish him a long, healthy and fascinating 
retirement.

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