[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 108 (Monday, July 13, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING SIMON LOWES

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. DEVIN NUNES

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 13, 2015

  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Simon Lowes, of 
California's 11th District, upon the occasion of his retirement from 
Chevron.
  After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering 
from the University of Birmingham in England, Simon began his 48-year 
career at Chevron in 1967 working as a process engineer at the Richmond 
Chevron Refinery. After subsequently earning a Master's Degree in 
Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, Simon continued to build an 
impressive resume, holding over 15 challenging positions over the next 
four decades in Indonesia, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Singapore, the 
United Kingdom, and the United States.
  Among Simon's most noted accomplishments was his leadership in 
developing Chevron's Angola Partnership Initiative. Following a 27-year 
civil war that ravaged Angola's economy, Simon helped to design a 
social investment initiative to rebuild local capacity and stimulate 
economic recovery. Due in large part to his efforts, in partnership 
with the U.S. Agency for International Development, Chevron's 
unprecedented $25 million commitment to this effort helped over 2 
million people re-establish food security.
  Simon was also instrumental in launching the Chevron Aceh Recovery 
Initiative, which assisted victims of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. 
Through a series of micro-finance programs and the establishment of a 
polytechnic institute, this program provided job training and 
livelihoods to thousands of distressed Indonesians.
  In recent years, Simon has drawn on his extensive overseas experience 
to help lead Chevron's Corporate Social Responsibility strategy. As a 
result of this project and his many other endeavors, Simon's colleagues 
within Chevron and the development community have come to know him as a 
passionate innovator, a trusted and loyal mentor and, above all, an 
eternal optimist.
  Simon leaves Chevron with the respect, admiration and gratitude of 
those who have had the pleasure of working with him, and the knowledge 
that he has positively impacted not only Chevron, but thousands of 
people around the world.
  I would also like to recognize Simon's devoted wife, Shirley, and 
their three accomplished children, Aubrey, Chris and Ashley. Together, 
they built a family-focused life filled with new adventures, embracing 
each opportunity with curiosity and enthusiasm.
  We extend our appreciation for a job well done, and wish Simon a 
well-deserved retirement.

                          ____________________