[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 153 (Monday, December 3, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1863]
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                          HONORING DIANN JACOX

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 3, 2012

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Diann 
Jacox, the superintendent of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 
Historical Park, who has announced her decision to retire.
  Ms. Jacox is retiring from the National Park Service after 35 years 
of outstanding service to our country. According to the National Park 
Service, Ms. Jacox began her career as a historian in the Philadelphia 
regional office. She was later appointed regional cultural compliance 
coordinator for 32 parks in the mid-Atlantic area where she worked to 
incorporate historic preservation requirements with the National Park 
Service design and construction plans. Ms. Jacox also served as the 
chief historian of Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park 
and manager of Washington DC's Mary McLeod Bethune Council House 
National Historic Site. In 2004, Ms. Jacox became the founding 
superintendent of Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park 
in Middletown, Virginia.
  I had the privilege of working with Ms. Jacox to create Cedar Creek 
and Belle Grove National Historical Park in her capacity as founding 
superintendent. The park would not have been possible without her 
leadership and steady hand. Last month the park celebrated its 10-year 
anniversary.
  I want to commend Diann for her tireless years of service and her 
dedication to historic preservation. I wish her all the best as she 
returns to Philadelphia in her retirement.

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