[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 140 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO NARVA ROSS

 Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I wish to acknowledge and thank Ms. 
Narva Ross, who will retire on January 2, 2015 from the Department of 
the Navy, for her completion of 45 years of Federal service.
  Ms. Ross is a native of Plummerville, AR where her mother still 
resides. She has held positions with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department of Health and 
Human Services, and the Department of the Navy. Ms. Ross has been a 
dedicated Federal employee and has served with distinction in a highly 
professional and exemplary manner for the Department of the Navy for 
the last 38 years of her career. She has received numerous performance 
awards including the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1990.
  Since July 1, 1990 Ms. Ross has been the lead administrative officer 
for the Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, Office of Naval Research, 
Department of the Navy. The Department has an annual budget of 
approximately $500 million and has 100 employees. As administrative 
officer, Ms. Ross has provided leadership for all human resources 
functions, and for the implementation of personnel policy and 
procedures. She also serves as the Department's lead for the creation 
of administrative business rules and processes, and she manages 
contracts for support personnel.
  Ms. Ross has two children, Antoine and Jerri, and two grandchildren. 
Her husband, who passed away in 2005 after an extended illness, was a 
Vietnam Veteran serving 17 months in theater. Ms. Ross cared for her 
husband during his illness while working full time and raising their 
children.
  Ms. Narva Ross has been a valued servant to the people of the United 
States and Arkansas. We are fortunate to have had such a dedicated 
Federal employee and I thank her again for her 45 years of 
service.

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