[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 143 (Thursday, November 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF JAMES P. PAPAGEORGE

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2014

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Mr. James P. Papageorge on 
the occasion of his retirement from the Navy after more than 30 years 
of service as a Submarine Officer and civilian employee. Mr. Papageorge 
is a resident of Ashburn, Virginia, and has been a Department of the 
Navy civilian employee since 1985. His prior active-duty Navy 
experience includes service as a nuclear-trained machinist's mate and 
as a submarine strategic weapons officer.
   Since 2007, Mr. Papageorge has served as the Deputy Program Manager 
for In-Service Aircraft Carriers (PMS 312) at the Program Executive 
Office for Aircraft Carriers in the Naval Sea Systems Command. As 
Deputy Program Manager, he was the lead civilian manager for our 
nation's 10 active nuclear powered aircraft carriers and the 
deactivation of the nation's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, 
USS Enterprise. He was the lead civilian supervising more than 65 
personnel in Washington and 130 more at the Carrier Planning Activity 
in Newport News, Virginia, managing more than $12 billion in aircraft 
carrier related contracts.
   Mr. Papageorge received electrical engineering degrees from Norwalk 
State Technical College in 1978 and from the University of Missouri in 
1981. In 1993, he received a Master of Engineering Administration 
Degree from Virginia Tech, and in 1999 he received a Master of Science 
Degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the 
Armed Forces. Mr. Papageorge is an acquisition professional, certified 
to Level III in the Program Management and Systems Planning, Research, 
Development and Engineering career fields.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in thanking Mr. 
Papageorge for his tremendous service to his country and in wishing him 
all the best upon his retirement.

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