[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 99 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1167-E1168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF DAN BOLLINGER, SR.

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 28, 2012

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Mr. Dan Bollinger, Sr. as he retires after over thirty years of 
illustrious service as an executive of regional development 
organizations in Georgia. A celebration will be held in his honor on 
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at the Camilla Depot in Camilla, Georgia at 
5:30 p.m.
  Mr. Bollinger, a native of Missouri, was raised in a small town of 
600 people. He graduated from the University of Missouri--Columbia with 
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He also pursued a 
higher level of education in the field of Community and Economic 
Development.
  A strong leader with an exceptional work ethic, Mr. Bollinger is 
currently the Executive Director of Southwest Georgia Regional 
Commission, a planning agency that serves 14 Georgia counties including 
Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, 
Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth. The SWGRC is 
responsible for assisting local governments with comprehensive planning 
in land and economic development. Mr. Bollinger has held the position 
of Executive Director since 1994.
  I. the past, Mr. Bollinger has also served as president of the 
National Association of Development Organizations and of the Georgia 
Association of Regional Development Centers as well as serving as 
Executive Director of the Missouri Bootheel Regional Planning and 
Economic Development Commission for 11 years. Additionally, he was vice 
president of the Bank of Chaffee in Missouri.
  Mr. Bollinger also served our country for four years in the United 
States Air Force. He volunteered as president of the Chaffee, Missouri 
Chamber of Commerce for two terms. Additionally, he umpired baseball 
and fast pitch softball and refereed basketball for 25 years on the 
amateur level. Since moving to Georgia, he has become an avid tennis 
player and golfer.
  George Washington Carver once said, ``How far you go in life depends 
on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, 
sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong 
because someday in your life you will have been all of these.'' As a 
leader, Mr. Bollinger recognized the importance of serving others.
  It cannot be disputed that Dan Bollinger, Sr. has achieved numerous 
successes in his life. However, none of this would have been possible 
without the enduring love and support of his loving wife, Lynn, and 
wonderful children and grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to Mr. 
Bollinger for his outstanding professional achievements and his 
dedicated service to Southwest Georgia.

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