[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 196 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1561-E1562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING DALE WILKERSON FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR NATION

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                           HON. MARK E. GREEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 9, 2019

  Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life 
and service of an upstanding American citizen, Dale Wilkerson.

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  After serving twenty years in the U.S. Air Force, where he earned the 
Air Force Commendation Medal and the Humanitarian Service Medal, Mr. 
Wilkerson began working for the National Park Service in 1994 as a 
branch chief for contracting, property, and financial management at the 
Natchez Trace Parkway.
  In 2010, Mr. Wilkerson was temporarily assigned to the NPS Southeast 
Regional Office in Atlanta to serve as the acting regional comptroller. 
In that role he directed the annual fiscal year closing process for 
more than sixty park units in the region, with the execution of 
obligations totaling more than $245 million.
  From August 2012 through December 2013, he served as the Acting 
Superintendent of the Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo National 
Battlefield, Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, and the 
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, where he was responsible for 
leading and managing the eighth most visited NPS unit in the country.
  In 2015, Mr. Wilkerson was appointed as the Superintendent of the 
Shiloh National Military Park. Over the last four years, he has 
performed a remarkable job of managing and overseeing all aspects of 
the Shiloh National Military Park.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in congratulating Mr. Wilkerson on his retirement from the 
National Park Service as Superintendent of Shiloh National Battlefield 
and his forty-six years of service in our nation's military and in the 
National Park Service.

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