[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MITCHELL WALDMAN

 Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, it is my honor to recognize Mr. 
Mitchell Waldman for his long and exceptional record of service on the 
occasion of his retirement at the end of the month. Mr. Waldman has 
served our Nation for more than 42 years in various national security 
roles across the executive and legislative branches of government and 
in the private sector, providing counsel to Senators, Secretaries, 
CNOs, and CEOs.
  For the past decade, Mr. Waldman has served as executive vice 
president of Government and Customer Relations for Huntington Ingalls 
Industries, America's largest military shipbuilding company. At 
Huntington Ingalls, Mr. Waldman has been responsible for leading the 
company's engagements with the legislative branch, the executive 
branch, business and trade associations, and think tanks. Before this 
appointment, Mr. Waldman served as vice president for business 
development of advanced programs and technology for Northrop Grumman's 
aerospace systems sector.
  Before joining Northrop Grumman, Mr. Waldman served as national 
security advisor to my good friend, former U.S. Senator for Mississippi 
Trent Lott, as well as a national security consultant in the office of 
the Senate majority leader. Mr. Waldman has held a number of executive 
positions for the U.S. Navy, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy (Ships), Director of Cost Engineering and Industrial Analysis 
for Naval Sea Systems Command, and Deputy Program Manager for 
Amphibious Warfare Programs.
  Mr. Waldman received a bachelor of science in Mechanical Engineering 
from the University of Florida and a juris doctor from Catholic 
University of America's Columbus School of Law. He is also a graduate 
of Yale University's executive management program and the defense 
systems management college program managers course. He has been honored 
with the U.S. Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the State of 
Mississippi Distinguished Civilian Service Award, and the D.C. City 
Council of Engineering Societies Architect of the Year award.
  Mr. Waldman's contributions also extend to his service on the board 
of directors for the Shipbuilders Council of America, the National 
Bureau of Asian Research, the Armed Services YMCA, the Naval Aviation 
Museum Foundation, and the Naval War College Foundation. Additionally, 
he is a member of the external advisory board for the University of 
Florida's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
  I would like to express a heartfelt ``thank you'' to Mr. Waldman for 
a career marked by the utmost devotion to our country. I would also 
like to wish him good luck as he begins a new phase in life; may the 
new journey be as fulfilling as his career has been. It is with sincere 
respect and kindest regards that I wish Mitch Waldman, his wife Debbie, 
and his daughter Emily: ``Fair winds and following seas.''

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