[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RETIREMENT OF MR. LEW STULTS

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 25, 2010

  Mr. McKEON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the retirement 
of Lew Stults, who graciously served as my District Director for the 
past 12 years, representing the needs of constituents in the 25th 
Congressional District of California. A 53-year resident of the 
Antelope Valley, Lew first began working for me in 1998 and was a 
direct liaison to residents, schools, businesses, city and county 
government officials, civic organizations, and the local aerospace 
industry.
  Lew was an integral part of my most senior staff, forging 
relationships and addressing issues that significantly and positively 
impacted Southern California. He became such a beloved figure that he 
was oftentimes referred to as the ``Congressman of Palmdale.''
  Lew arrived in the Antelope Valley at the age of 10 in 1957, when his 
family relocated from Portland, Maine. He attended elementary and 
middle schools in the Lancaster School District and graduated from 
Antelope Valley High School in 1965. He first attended Antelope Valley 
College in the fall of 1965, but interrupted his education to join the 
U.S. Navy in 1966. Lew is a Vietnam veteran who served in an airborne 
photographic reconnaissance squadron. After his 4-year service in the 
Navy, Lew returned to the Antelope Valley and again attended Antelope 
Valley College.
  He has had a long and distinguished career in sales and marketing, 
and was elected twice to two 4-year terms on the Board of Trustees for 
the Lancaster School District. In 1993 Lew became the founding 
President of the Lancaster Education Foundation, a non-profit 
corporation raising money for children in the Lancaster School 
District. He is a long-time member of Lancaster West Rotary Club and is 
a Past President of the Antelope Valley Board of Trade.
  It has been my absolute honor to have Lew Stults as a senior advisor 
and staff member for more than a decade. He is a tremendous man of warm 
humor, quick wit, and great integrity.
  I congratulate Lew on his retirement and wish him and his wife of 42 
years, Karen Stults, prosperity in all future endeavors.

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