[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TRIBUTE TO EDWARD S. GRYCZYNSKI

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                             HON. BOB STUMP

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 15, 2001

  Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an exceptional 
leader and American Patriot, LTC Edward S. Gryczynski, U.S. Army, 
Retired, in recognition of an outstanding career in service to his 
country.
  LTC Gryczynski has a truly distinguished record, including over 22 
years of commissioned service in the U.S. Army uniform, which certainly 
merits special recognition on the occasion of his retirement from his 
position as Director of Personal Affairs for The Retired Officers 
Association.
  He entered the Army in June 1961 through LaSalle College's ROTC 
Program and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Defense 
Artillery. In 1965, he transferred to the Adjutant General Corps and 
was integrated in the regular Army in 1966.
  Colonel Gryczynski served in a variety of positions in the 
administrative and personnel management fields, including assignments 
as instructor and course director at the Army's Adjutant General School 
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. His staff assignments included 
tours as administrative officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Chief of Military Personnel at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and 
Chief of Administrative Services and Executive Officer at Supreme 
Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Belgium. He served two 
tours in Vietnam, first as Chief of Administrative Services at Cam Ranh 
Bay and later as a personnel staff officer at Headquarters, U.S. Army, 
Vietnam.
  In 1975, the Army selected him for full-time graduate study at Ball 
State University, where he earned a masters degree in journalism and 
public relations. He next served as editor of the Defense Management 
Journal, an official publication of the Department of Defense. He is 
also a graduate of the Adjutant General Officer Advanced Course, the 
Army Personnel Management Staff Officer Course, and the National 
Security Management Course of the Industrial College of the Armed 
Forces. His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service 
Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, Defense 
Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal and the 
Army Commendation Medal.
  At the time of his military retirement in February 1985, LTC 
Gryczynski was Chief of Retired and Veterans Activities Division in the 
office of the Adjutant General, Department of the Army. In this 
position he was responsible for policy development and execution of the 
Army's Retirement Services Program.
  Since becoming the Director of Personal Affairs for The Retired 
Officers Association, LTC Gryczynski has worked tirelessly and traveled 
hundreds of thousands of miles to counsel tens of thousands of military 
retirees, veterans, family members and survivors of those in the armed 
forces. His professional counseling concerning their entitlements and 
benefits of military service has assisted those groups tremendously.
  Mr. Speaker, Ed Gryczynski's long and distinguished career in service 
to his country and to the men and women of America's Uniformed Services 
and their family members is admirable and is to be highly commended. 
Our best wishes go with him for a long and fruitful second retirement. 
He has earned our heartfelt gratitude, and our salutes.

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