[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO MR. SANTANA GONZALEZ

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 25, 2014

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to pay tribute to 
Mr. Santana Gonzalez on his retirement with thirty-five years of 
service with Chevron Corporation. Santana began his professional career 
with Gulf Oil, and since then, he has held a succession of public and 
government relations assignments in Texas, New Mexico, and Southern 
California. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a unique ability 
to engage governmental, media, and community stakeholders as well as 
provide support to incident response activities.
  Most recently, Santana has served with distinction in Chevron's State 
Government Relations office and as the Manager for Policy, Government 
and Public Affairs for Chevron Pipeline in Chevron's Gas and Midstream.
  One of his career highlights includes receiving the Chevron 
Chairman's Award, an award that recognizes colleagues and teams who 
demonstrate ingenuity and initiative to achieve extraordinary results 
for the company. In addition, his service to the Hispanic community 
earned him the National Council of La Raza's President's Award.
  Santana Gonzalez grew up in South Texas, in the Brownsville-Harlingen 
area. His family moved to Houston in 1968. He attended Bellaire High 
School and, coincidentally, his last work assignment was also in 
Bellaire. Gonzalez graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American 
in 1976 and went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from the University 
of Houston School of Law in 1979.
  To say that Santana will be missed on his retirement is an 
understatement. His gift of gab and contagious laugh are legendary 
amongst his colleagues and all who know him. Those who work most 
closely with him have admired his capacity for work, his intelligence 
and wise and wry counsel. No challenge has been too big for him to 
manage, and Chevron's reputation was lifted by his every engagement 
with communities, governments and business partners.
  Santana and his wife Nellie reside in Pearland. She is looking 
forward to having Santana as her personal chef and tour guide during 
retirement. Santana is looking forward to doing a lot of reading and 
spending time with his two beautiful daughters, Lisa and Amber, and his 
granddaughter, Crysalynn Mae. He and Nellie are anxiously awaiting 
another grandchild into the world in the near future.
  I congratulate Santana on his retirement, and thank him for his 
diligent service to the energy industry, particularly in the great 
state of Texas. I wish him all the best that retirement has to offer. 
And that's just the way it is.

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