[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF JAMES W. (BILL) CURTIS

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 7, 2015

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
today to recognize the retirement of James W. (Bill) Curtis from the 
East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission.
  Mr. Curtis has served as the Executive Director of the Commission 
since November 1980. He has over 44 years of professional experience in 
the planning field and has worked for state, regional and local 
agencies.
  Previously, he was the Principal Planner with the Jefferson County 
Office of Planning and Community Development in Birmingham, Alabama. 
Mr. Curtis also served as Planning Director for the South Central 
Alabama Development Commission in Montgomery, Alabama, and worked as a 
Planner for the states of Tennessee and South Carolina.
  Mr. Curtis holds a Master of City Planning degree from Georgia 
Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree from the 
University of Georgia. He holds charter membership in the American 
Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners, 
and has served as the President of the Alabama Chapter of the American 
Planning Association and President of the Alabama Association of 
Regional Councils.
  In 1995, Mr. Curtis was named ``Planner of the Year'' by the Alabama 
Chapter of the American Planning Association, and in 2003, was named to 
the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing Mr. Curtis and 
congratulating him on his retirement.

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