[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 84 (Monday, June 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1068]
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                          JOAN ANZELMO TRIBUTE

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                          HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2011

  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, It is my honor to rise and pay tribute to 
one of America's most dedicated and passionate Civil Servants. On July 
1st, 2011 Joan Anzelmo will be hanging up her ``flat hat'' after a 
meritorious 35 year career with the National Park Service.
  Joan is a native of Washington, D.C., and graduated from the 
University of Maryland in 1975 with a Bachelor's Degree in French. She 
began her Park Service career the next year as the Visitor Services 
Chief at the National Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. Along the way, 
Joan has served in Virginia at Great Falls Park, Yellowstone National 
Park and Grand Teton National Park, and has been tasked by the Park 
Service to coordinate large scale events including the Bicentennial 
Celebrations at Yorktown, the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of the 
National Park Service in Yellowstone, and the 50th Anniversary 
Celebrations for Grand Teton National Park. Among her accomplishments 
is her service as National Park Service spokesperson during the 1988 
wildfires that swept through Yellowstone, equipping her with nationally 
recognized crisis communications prowess, and seeing her assigned to 
the Unified Area Command for the National Park Service in response to 
the BP Oil Spill in 2010. She has received numerous awards for her 
service, including the Superior Service and Meritorious Service awards, 
two of the Department of Interior's most prestigious honors.
  Joan wraps up her career overseeing the management of the awe-
inspiring red rock canyons and formations of the Colorado National 
Monument in my district at the far western edge of Colorado, where she 
serves as Superintendent. With rising visitation, active outreach to 
the local school population, and a very successful centennial 
celebration just this year, this is a fitting capstone to an 
accomplished career, and worthy of our recognition. I wish her well as 
she returns to Jackson, Wyoming, where she will be in close proximity 
to her daughter, Jenny, who is herself employed at Grand Teton National 
Park's public affairs office.

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