[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 164 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO KEITH KING

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2012

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate a 
distinguished member of the Alabama business community, Mr. Keith King, 
P.E., who is soon to retire from Volkert & Associates, Inc., after 52 
years of service.
  A 1958 graduate of Auburn University's School of Civil Engineering, 
Keith King was hired by David G. Volkert as a project engineer in 1960.
  Over the last five decades, Mr. King has witnessed many changes in 
the Mobile-headquartered engineering company which has grown to become 
one of the top-ranked engineering, planning, and environmental 
consulting firms in the United States.
  Keith served as president from 1983 until 2007 and CEO until 2011. 
Volkert, Inc. has grown continuously and opened operations centers in 
11 States employing over 600 associates.
  As an accomplished professional engineer, licensed in eight States, 
Keith King has obtained national recognition for many of the projects 
he has engineered and managed. He was Chief Engineer for the Interstate 
10 Twin Bridges over Mobile Bay, which was named one of the Ten 
Outstanding Engineering Achievements of 1978 by the National Society of 
Professional Engineers (NSPE).
  He was principal-in-charge of the Alabama State Docks' McDuffie Coal 
Export Facility Project, which in 1984 received the Engineering 
Excellence Award from the American Consulting Engineers Council of 
Alabama.
  In 1992, Volkert's Cochrane/Africatown U.S.A. Bridge over the Mobile 
River was named one of the Outstanding Engineering Achievements by NSPE 
and received the Federal Highway Administration Award of Excellence.
  All three of these projects are in the State of Alabama Engineering 
Hall of Fame. Mr. King, himself was inducted in 2001 and Volkert, Inc. 
was honored in 2002.
  Keith has worked hard to improve the areas of licensure, continuing 
professional development, ethical standards, and professionalism. His 
involvement includes two terms on the Alabama Licensure Board, the 
Business Council of Alabama (Chairman, 2000-2001); Alabama Society of 
Professional Engineers (President); National Society of Professional 
Engineers (NSPE) (Vice President-Southeast; Chairman, National 
Membership Committee and Licensure and Qualifications for Practice 
Committee); Fellow Member of American Society of Civil Engineers and 
NSPE; Member of the American Consulting Engineers Council.
  He remains actively involved with Auburn University, where he has 
chaired the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council and served on the Auburn 
University Board of Directors.
  On behalf of the people of south Alabama, I extend heartfelt 
congratulations to Keith and his lovely wife, Julia, as well as their 
entire family. Additionally, I wish them both a long and happy 
retirement, including plenty of deep-sea fishing.

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