[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING JAMES THOMAS ``JIM'' BEVIS

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                         HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 19, 2017

  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Mr. Jim 
Bevis, a friend and constituent from Mississippi's Fourth District.
  Jim grew up, just down the beach from Mississippi, in Pensacola, 
Florida. He attended the University of West Florida earning a degree in 
banking and finance. In 1980, Jim launched what would become a 
longstanding career in finance and budget analysis at NASA Headquarters 
(Washington, D.C.), in the Budget Operations Division. Later, he spent 
a year at Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Over the 
next decade, Jim's career would soar to new heights as a budget analyst 
responsible for the Office of Space Science programs, then as the lead 
analyst for the Comptroller for all of NASA's space science programs, 
with a budget of nearly $1.5 billion. From 1993 to 95, Jim served as a 
special assistant to the Chief Scientist at NASA, managing budget 
analyses for a variety of agency topics--Earth, space, microgravity, 
and life sciences.
  Thankfully, Jim's success landed him a position at Mississippi's 
Stennis Space Center where, in 2002, he was named Chief Financial 
Officer. He was still serving in that position at the time of his 
unexpected death in November.
  Jim earned numerous awards for his excellent performance and 
dedicated service to the NASA and Stennis communities. One especially 
memorable one, unique to our Gulf Coast, was the NASA Commendation 
Award for Hurricane Katrina Recovery.
  Jim carried with him a passion for exceptional work and a rock solid 
commitment to serving well in his career at NASA. His full 
comprehension of the public's trust, as Chief Financial Officer, drew 
the respect and appreciation of NASA's leadership.
  Regrettably, Jim's life was cut short just days before his 62nd 
birthday. I also wish to honor his sons, Nolan & Nicholas today, along 
with their mother, Sherri Carr Bevis, who is also a public servant and 
Gulf Coast friend.
  Jim enjoyed playing tennis and strumming Beatles tunes on his guitar. 
He was also deeply involved in his beloved Jacob's Well church family. 
The life that was Jim Bevis is greatly appreciated and will be missed.

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