[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E30-E31]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               COMMENDING ROBERT EDMUND ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 11, 2024

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and commend Robert 
Edmund on his retirement.
  On June 24, 2022, Robert Edmund retired from Edmund Optics as its 
Chief Executive Officer. Over the years Robert Edmund has made a 
substantial impact during his tenure and fulfilled many achievements 
that advanced the growth of the small family company into a successful 
and accredited industry.
  Prior to his accomplishments in the optics world, Robert Edmund 
graduated from the University of Buffalo's Organizational Development 
Program. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management 
at Georgetown University's School of Business. Not only was Robert 
Edmund a vital part of Edmund Optics, Inc., he was in the United States 
Coast Guard Auxiliary, and was a former instructor officer, and vice-
captain. He was also the past president of the Barrington Lions Club, 
as well as a SPIE Fellow in 2021, founding chair of the Advisory Board 
at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences,

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former president and board member of the Direct Marketing Association, 
and past chair and board member of the Optical Society of America.
  Over the span of fifty years, Robert Edmund applied many different 
approaches that carried the business to where it is today. When he 
first began at Edmund Optics, Inc., he created an innovative telescope, 
while also creating processes in direct marketing known by all 
industries, beyond optics. Robert Edmund was recognized for all his 
work by being named Direct Marketer of the Year in 1983 by the 
Philadelphia Direct Marketing Association.
  Today, Edmund Optics has become the world leader in optics, thanks to 
Robert Edmund's metamorphic strategies. Edmund Optics is now a leading 
global supplier of optics, imaging, and photonics technology that has 
served a variety of markets including Life Sciences, Biomedical, 
Industrial Inspection, Semiconductor, R and D, and Defense since 1942.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in honoring and commending Robert 
Edmund, a Barrington resident dedicated to his community and who is a 
true leader of his industry.

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