[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 134 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1313-E1314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING DR. JEFF REUTTER ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 17, 2015

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Jeff 
Reutter, pioneering and indefatigable Director of the Ohio Sea Grant 
College Program, Stone Laboratory, Center for Lake Erie Area Research, 
and Great Lakes Aquatic Ecosystem Research Consortium, on the 
announcement of his retirement.
  Dr. Reutter's name has become synonymous with Lake Erie. He has spent 
his career fighting to develop the foundational data sets to support 
Lake Erie's recovery. During that time, Dr. Reutter has distinguished 
himself as

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a scholarly and popular leader; he is the foremost expert on the health 
of Lake Erie and our Great Lakes endowment.
  Dr. Reutter has tackled many issues facing Lake Erie during a 
distinguished career where he has witnessed the first Earth Day, the 
passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the return of nesting eagles to 
Lake Erie following a ban on DDT, and many other changes in our Great 
Lakes system.
  More recently, since the mid 1990s, Dr. Reutter has concentrated his 
efforts on finding solutions for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), caused by 
high nutrient run-off in the Western Lake Erie Basin, the largest 
watershed in the Great Lakes. Dr. Reutter's commitment and service to 
the people of Ohio and our Great Lakes will be celebrated for years to 
come. His talents will continue to be applied to those endeavors to 
which he has dedicated his life.
  I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation for his years of 
service and his unparalleled dedication to a healthy Lake Erie, a 
restored Great Lakes ecosystem and clean water for those who count on 
this amazing freshwater abundance--collectively, the most important 
freshwater body on the face of the earth.

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