[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 154 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1869-E1870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO ANN DAWSON AUGUST

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 4, 2012

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, it is a bittersweet occasion as I rise 
today to congratulate Ms. Ann Dawson August on being named Executive 
Director of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority in 
Birmingham, Alabama. As she accepts this position, she is leaving the 
Santee-Wateree Regional Transportation Authority (SWRTA) in Sumter, 
South Carolina, where she has se ed as the Executive Director of SWRTA 
for the past 11 years. She leaves behind a stellar record and will be 
sorely missed.
  A native of Sumter, South Carolina, Ms. August spent 39 years in 
Philadelphia, where she attended public schools and La Salle University 
before working for 13 years for the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the fifth largest transit authority 
in the country. In 1997, she demonstrated her versatility when she 
transferred her talents from the urban SEPTA system to SWRTA, the 
second largest urban and rural transportation authority in South 
Carolina.
  Ann's service in the transportation arena has extended far beyond 
SWRTA. She is a member of the Sumter County Transportation Committee 
and the Transportation Research Analysis Committee for the 
Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC. From 2009 to 2011, she 
was the Chair of the Transit Cooperative Research Program Oversight and

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Project Selection Committee, and she is currently the Southeast 
Regional Director of the Community Transportation Association of 
America.
  Ms. August has garnered media acclaim during this distinguished 
career. In 2007, SWRTA was featured in Mass Transit Magazine, and in 
2008, Ms. August contributed to the magazine's ``Manager's Forum'' on 
the topic ``How a Board Can Help Directors Manage Systems.''
  An asset to the community in numerous capacities outside of 
transportation, Ms. August previously served as Vice President of the 
YWCA of the Upper Lowlands Membership Committee and is the immediate 
past Chair of the United Way of Sumter. She served 30 years in the Army 
Reserves, retiring in 2004. Ann is married to Henry August Jr., a 
transportation professional who retired from SEPTA after serving 35 
years in the industry; they have two adult children and five 
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. August will be missed in South Carolina, but I have 
no doubt that our loss will be Alabama's gain. I ask that you and my 
colleagues join me in wishing Ms. Ann Dawson August all the best and 
Godspeed in her future endeavors.

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