[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE LIFE OF EARLE C. WILLIAMS

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 26, 2016

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Earle C. Williams of 
McLean, Virginia. Earle was a Northern Virginia business, technology, 
philanthropic, and community leader and friend to so many throughout 
the Commonwealth. I am so honored to have known Earle as a friend and 
valued advisor. He was an insightful and gifted leader who accomplished 
so much and gave so much back to his community.
  Earle was chairman of the Naval Research Advisory Committee, the 
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, and was a permanent 
director and past international chairman of the Armed Forces 
Communications and Electronics Association. Earle began his storied 
career a leader in the Washington, D.C. area and was a man who truly 
cared for his employees and all those around him. He was someone who 
believes in a strong culture of education and the arts and worked 
tirelessly to promote these endeavors in his life.
  His career as President and CEO of BDM International lasted from 1972 
to 1992, during which he founded both the Professional Services Council 
and the Northern Virginia Technology Council. These organizations have 
since become major fixtures in the Northern Virginia region and Earle's 
work with them will forever impact our community. The Northern Virginia 
Technology Council appropriately named its annual lifetime achievement 
award, `The Earle C. Williams Lifetime Achievement Award' and it is 
given to a person whose lifetime personal and professional endeavors 
have made a significant impact on the Northern Virginia technology 
community. His professional accomplishments were many and celebrated 
and he did it all with his wife and family always surrounding him and 
celebrating with him and giving back with him. He passed away 
peacefully, blessed with his dear wife, June, by his side. She and her 
daughters and family had been faithfully keeping vigil the final 
several weeks and never left his side.
  Earle also worked extensively with Wolf Trap in Vienna, always 
valuing a culture of innovation as key to success in the arts. In 2015, 
he received the Jinx Hazel Arts Award for leadership and advocacy in 
the arts for his work with Wolf Trap and continued to work through the 
rest of his life to improve Wolf Trap so our entire community can 
benefit.
  In 1994, Earle was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame 
and from 1991 to 2004 was a part of the Auburn University Foundation 
Board, serving as its chairman the final two years. Earle's work ethic 
and passion for helping those around him was unrivaled, and was shown 
in his continued service to the community. He will always be a role 
model not just to me, but to those in his community, his wife June, his 
three daughters Carol, Sharon, and Gayle, and his seven grandchildren. 
Mr. Speaker, I hope everyone joins me in honoring the life of Earle C. 
Williams.

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