[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6694]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO MR. LYNN W. HENINGER, NASA DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR 
                        FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize the outstanding work of Mr. Lynn W. Heninger as NASA Deputy 
Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs. Having served in this 
position since December 1987, Mr. Heninger is leaving to pursue other 
opportunities in the private sector. He definitely will be missed by 
many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
  I have enjoyed working with Mr. Heninger on a wide range of matters 
affecting NASA. I always found him to be extremely knowledgeable and 
very effective in representing NASA's views. He has always maintained a 
friendly and constructive approach to his work which has served NASA 
very well.
  Mr. Heninger had the difficult task of coordinating the NASA 
legislative agenda. He deftly balanced a wide range of NASA issues 
including the International Space Station, Rocket Propulsion Programs, 
Earth Science and Remote Sensing initiatives. Because Mr. Heninger 
earned the trust and confidence of those with whom he worked, he was 
able to promote NASA's views very effectively in Congress.
  After graduation from Utah State University with a Bachelor of 
Science, he served in the U.S. Army for three years as an artillery 
officer and helicopter pilot, including duty in Vietnam with the 1st 
Infantry Division. He returned to Utah State University, after briefly 
working with NASA Johnson Space Center as a Program Analyst, to earn a 
Masters in Business Administration. In 1970, he joined the Department 
of Transportation to work as a Budget Analyst. Mr. Heninger returned, 
yet again to his alma mater, where he served as a Project Director with 
the Economic Department at Utah State University. Before rejoining NASA 
in 1977 as the Chief of Program Support in NASA's Office of Space 
Science, he worked briefly as an Organizational Specialist with the 
United Nations in Bogota, Columbia. Lynn is married to the former 
Colleen Johnson and has five children, Jeffrey, Camille, Diana, 
Patricia, and Natalie.
  Mr. Heninger has earned the respect of many Members of Congress and 
their staffs through hard work and his straightforward nature. As he 
now departs to share his experience and expertise in the civilian 
sector, I call upon my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
recognize his outstanding and dedicated public service and wish him all 
the very best in his new challenges.

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