[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 72 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING CAPTAIN DAVE RICHARDSON, UNITED STATES NAVY, PH.D., FOR 
    WINNING THE 2024 UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY MILITARY PROFESSOR 
                       TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD

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                           HON. DEAN PHILLIPS

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 26, 2024

  Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Captain Dave 
Richardson, United States Navy, the 2024 recipient of the United States 
Naval Academy Military Professor Teaching Excellence Award.
  This award, initiated in 2014, is bestowed biennially in even-
numbered academic years upon a military faculty member at the Naval 
Academy whose contributions to the academic, professional, and moral 
development of midshipmen reflect the highest principles of excellence 
in education. Eligible faculty are those military faculty members who 
have exhibited continued excellence in teaching and sustained 
contributions to the intellectual professional development of 
midshipmen.
  A third generation Navy Sailor, Dave is currently a Permanent 
Military Professor and academic Department Chair of the Political 
Science Department at the United States Naval Academy. He has achieved 
excellence at every echelon of academia: graduating with merit from the 
U.S. Naval Academy in 1995, with his M.S. in Leadership from the Naval 
Postgraduate School in 2000, with distinction from the Naval War 
College in 2007, and finally with his Ph.D from The George Washington 
University in 2018. Prior to his selection as a Permanent Military 
Professor, he earned a noteworthy reputation as a career Surface 
Warfare Officer of the highest caliber, culminating with his service as 
the 10th Commanding Officer of the USS Porter (DDG-78) out of Norfolk, 
VA.
  Teaching a wide range of political science core, elective, and 
capstone courses, as well as courses in naval leadership, CAPT 
Richardson continuously inspires midshipmen to the highest levels of 
academic accomplishment through innovative and interactive classroom 
activities. Focused on the holistic development of future officers in 
the naval service, he is widely recognized for his ability to achieve 
course objectives while also personally engaging every midshipman in 
his classroom regarding their unique leadership journey. From freshmen 
courses in U.S. Government and Constitutional Development to upper-
level courses in Political Science Methods and Civil-Military 
Relations, his students respond positively to his ability to be 
simultaneously rigorous, enthusiastic, caring, and firm but fair. In 
addition to serving as the department chair, Dave actively leads from 
the front as an academic advisor, honors program advisor, and senior 
honor and conduct remediator. His dedication and impact to the mission 
of the Naval Academy are evident from his consistent engagement with 
groups of midshipmen large and small based on his significant 
operational tours, command at sea experience, and scholarly work.
  The people of Minnesota's Third Congressional District and this 
Nation are lucky to have people like Dave teaching at our service 
academies and leading the nation's sons and daughters in our military. 
I wish to congratulate him on this great accomplishment and thank him 
for his decades of faithful service to the Nation. Bravo Zulu to Dave.

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