[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 143 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E748-E749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIREMENT OF DAVID FORD

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 11, 2020

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
to recognize the retirement of David Ford.
  David recently announced his retirement from Berman Museum of World 
History in Anniston, Alabama, after serving as assistant director for 
the past 13 years.
  He is a 1970 graduate of Anniston High School and was a member of the 
last class to

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graduate from the old high school on Leighton Avenue. He was drum major 
of the Anniston High School Marching Band.
  David is a graduate of Jacksonville State University where he served 
as editor of The Chanticleer.
  He also served in the United States Air Force as a pharmacy 
technician.
  Prior to his time at the museum, Ford worked to improve the situation 
at the Calhoun County Humane Society and before that spent his career 
working in journalism at WDNG radio station in Anniston writing and 
broadcasting stories about the lives of people in Calhoun County. He 
was a Public Information Officer for the Calhoun County EMA and worked 
in civil service for several years as a technical writer for the 
Anniston Army Depot and as Press Secretary for former Alabama Governor 
Bob Riley. His professional life has been one dedicated to public 
service.
  When David left WDNG, the Anniston mayor and city council presented 
him with the Key to the City.
  David had a personal relationship with the Berman Museum chief 
benefactors, Farley and Germaine Berman, and that connection was 
evident in his work at the museum. He spent many of his days giving 
groups special tours of the facility and his natural ability of story-
telling made the position the perfect fit.
  David won't slow down much with retirement as he was just named 
president of the Anniston Morning Rotary Club, a member of the Anniston 
Runners Club, a volunteer at the Anniston Soup Bowl and serves as 
senior warden at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels.
  At St. Michael's, he is also a member of the Parish Choir, a Lay 
Eucharistic Minister and Docent, member of the Archives and History 
Committee. As Senior Warden, he also serves as a member of the 
Executive Committee, the Endowment Committee and the Board of Directors 
of St. Michael's Medical Clinic.
  He has been active in the affairs of the Episcopal Diocese of 
Alabama, frequently representing St. Michael and All Angels as a 
delegate to annual Diocesan conventions. He has served in nearly every 
leadership capacity possible at St. Michael and All Angels and is a 
graduate of the Education for Ministry program of The Episcopal Church, 
a multiple-year intensive study for lay persons, under the auspices of 
The University of the South.
  David is married to Jo Rhea and they have one son, John David.
  He is the son of Melvin and Doris Ford, of Oxford and has three 
siblings.
  He enjoys cooking and can be found around town wearing his signature 
bowtie and pocket square. As a lifelong lover of history and a 
voracious reader, he plans to spend his new free time writing.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing the career of my friend, 
David Ford, and wishing him the best in his retirement.

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