[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16330-16331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN JEFFREY J. HATHAWAY, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 15, 1999

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an exceptional 
United States Coast Guard Officer, Captain Jeffrey Jay Hathaway. This 
week Captain Hathaway completes an extremely successful three-year tour 
as the Coast Guard's Liaison to this body and to the United States 
Senate. It is a pleasure to recognize a few of his many achievements.
  A native of Whittier, California, Jeff Hathaway began his career by 
attending the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, 
Connecticut graduating in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Upon 
entering the

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Coast Guard fleet after graduation, then Ensign Hathaway was assigned 
to USCGC Venturous (WMEC 625) in Long Beach, California as a deck watch 
officer. Subsequent afloat tours have included duty as Operations 
Officer aboard Venturous and as Commanding Officer of USCGC Citrus 
(WMEC 300) in Coos Bay, Oregon, USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) in Portsmouth, 
Virginia and USCGC Munro (WHEC 724) in Alameda, California.
  Captain Hathaway's experience ashore has included assignments as a 
duty officer in the Coast Guard Pacific Area Command Center, assignment 
officer in the Officer Personnel Division of Coast Guard Headquarters, 
and cutter management duty on the Pacific Area Operations Division 
staff. In 1989, he was handpicked to serve as the Military Assistant to 
the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and served in that assignment 
until 1991.
  Captain Hathaway earned a Master of Business Administration degree 
from the University of California at Irvine in 1983 and a Master of 
Science Degree in National Resources Strategy from the Industrial 
College of the Armed Forces in 1994.
  His continued exemplary performance led him to be selected ahead of 
his peers for the ranks of Commander and Captain. His numerous personal 
awards include two Legions of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, 
two Coast Guard Commendation Medals and three Coast Guard Achievement 
Medals.
  Jeff Hathaway arrived for duty as the Chief of the Coast Guard's 
Congressional and Governmental Affairs Staff in July 1996. In this 
capacity, he has been instrumental in providing the Congress with an 
in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Coast Guard. Most 
importantly, Captain Jeff Hathaway has come to epitomize those 
qualities we expect from our Coast Guard men and women--an intense 
sense of honor, respect and above all devotion to duty.
  Mr. Speaker, Jeff Hathaway has served our country with distinction 
for the past 25 years. As he continues to do so, I call upon my 
colleagues from both sides of the aisle and the other body to wish him, 
his lovely wife Rebecca, and their four children, Allison, Paul, 
Brianna, and Kenneth, much continued success in the future, as well as 
fair winds and following seas.

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