[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN ROBERT C. WILKENS

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I would like to pay tribute to 
naval officer, and fellow South Carolinian, Captain Robert C. Wilkens. 
This fall, Captain Wilkens will retire from the United States Navy 
after 32 years of distinguished leadership, selfless service, and 
tireless commitment to our Navy and Nation.
  Captain Wilkens served right here in the U.S. Capitol, as the 
Director of Pharmacy in the Office of the Attending Physician to 
Congress from 1981-1985. He then entered advanced training as a 
pharmacy resident at the Navy's flagship hospital, National Naval 
Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 1986.
  Wilkens continued with his career as the Pharmacy Clinical 
Coordinator and director of inpatient services at the Naval Hospital, 
Portsmouth, VA. Upon completion of that assignment in 1990, he became a 
Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate at the Medical College of Virginia in 
Richmond.
  Captain Wilkens then served as the chairman of the Pharmacy 
Department at Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, from 1992-1999. By 
special request, he next served as the Specialty Leader and Consultant 
to the Navy Surgeon General for Pharmacy Policy at the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery in Washington, DC. Upon completion of that tour in 
2001, Captain Wilkens returned to San Diego, and served once again as 
chairman of the Pharmacy Department at the Naval Medical Center.
  I send best wishes on behalf of the United States Senate, for 
continued happiness and success to Captain Wilkens and his wife Linda 
as they begin the next chapter of their lives, with thanks from a 
grateful Nation for their loyal and dedicated service.

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