[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 127 (Friday, July 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING MR. GEORGE FRANCIS RUPPENICKER, JR., ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. TOM GRAVES

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 27, 2018

  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. George 
Francis Ruppenicker, Jr. of Dallas, Georgia, on his 90th birthday.
  Mr. Ruppenicker was born August 29, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. He 
graduated from Mepham High School in Bellmore, New York in 1946.
  In July of 1946, Mr. Ruppenicker enlisted in the United States Navy 
and was stationed at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Radar 
School in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was honorably discharged in 1948.
  After serving for two years, in 1948, Mr. Ruppenicker enrolled at 
Georgia Tech, majoring in textile engineering.
  While being enrolled at Georgia Tech, Mr. Ruppenicker enlisted into 
the United States Naval Reserve. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, 
he was reactivated, and was honorably discharged in 1952, with the rank 
of Aviation Electronics Tech--Third Class.
  After fulfilling his obligations during the Korean War, he reenrolled 
at Georgia Tech to finish his degree. While studying at Georgia Tech, 
he was employed by Lockheed Aircraft Company at Dobbins Air Force Base 
in Marietta.
  After graduation, Mr. Ruppenicker married Miriam Evelyn Tatman on 
July 25, 1953. Together, they had four children.
  After graduating from Georgia Tech in 1954, Mr. Ruppenicker went to 
work at the United States Department of Agriculture, Southern Regional 
Research Laboratory in New Orleans, Louisiana as a research engineer 
for cotton textiles. After a nearly 40-year career with USDA, he 
retired on December 31, 1993.
  After 47 years of marriage, Miriam passed away in 2000. Mr. 
Ruppenicker remarried in 2003 to Patricia Ardrey Robinson.
  Recently, Mr. Ruppenicker was recognized his 50 years of service as a 
member of the Square and Compass Freemason Lodge. Honor and integrity 
being the core of the Masonic belief system, Mr. Ruppenicker epitomizes 
these attributes.
  A Boy Scout leader, Sunday school teacher at Dallas First United 
Methodist Church, hospital volunteer at WellStar Paulding and avid 
gardener, Mr. Ruppenicker is content on spending his days with family 
and friends and always eager to lend a helping hand.
  I want to close by saying Happy 90th Birthday, George.

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