[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E286]
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                  IN RECOGNITION OF MR. MARK S. NEWMAN

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                            HON. GEOFF DAVIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of 
Mr. Mark S. Newman, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DRS 
Technologies, as he retires after thirty-nine years of dedicated 
service to the defense industry and our servicemen and women.
  Mark's leadership and inspirational concern for providing our 
warriors with the very best technology this nation can produce has led 
to the development and fielding of products which have directly saved 
lives on the battlefield, created enhanced situational awareness and 
provided superior advantages to our armed forces. He has, for his 
entire career, sought to place equipment in the hands of our troops 
that ensured they not only completed their missions, but returned home 
safely.
  Mark joined DRS Technologies in 1973, four years after the company's 
founding, and was named a director in 1988. After serving many years as 
the company's Chief Financial Officer, he was named President and CEO 
in 1994, and in 1995 was elected Chairman of the Board. Under his 
watch, the company grew from a small specialty electronics supplier to 
a highly diversified defense technology provider with 10,000 
employees--over 15% of whom have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. In 
short, Mark has built a company that is a true American success story.
  In 2005, Mark established the DRS Technologies Charitable Foundation, 
with a focus on helping those who serve--a cause he knew would resonate 
throughout the entire DRS workforce. Through the years that followed, 
he has raised about $600,000 to support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund 
and their efforts to build a world-class, state-of-the-art physical 
rehabilitation center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, 
Texas. Mark also helped raise over $500,000 to assist the USO with the 
initiative ``Operation Enduring Care,'' becoming a Global Partner with 
the USO in the process. In 2009, Mark helped raise over $600,000 for 
the building of the state-of-the-art Intrepid Center of Excellence to 
research, diagnose and treat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) suffered by 
those injured while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and just last year 
Mark made it his personal mission to support ``Operation Mend'' at UCLA 
Medical Center matching the $240,000 donated by DRS leadership with 
$240,000 of his own money. His patriotism and philanthropic initiatives 
supporting military charities makes him a hero in his own right.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask House--me in recognizing Mark S. Newman's 
contributions and thanking him for his dedication to our servicemen and 
women.

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