[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SCOTT TUCKER

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 15, 2005

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, we rise today to honor Scott Tucker, of 
Petaluma, California. On January 1, 2006, Scott will officially retire 
after 13 years as the San Francisco District Manager, and 38 years with 
the United States Postal Service. He is the longest serving postal 
service executive at any major metropolitan area in consecutive years.
  Mr. Tucker's career with the United States Postal Service began in 
1968 in Hanford, California as a letter carrier. He held a succession 
of managerial positions in postal operations, until in September 1992, 
he was appointed to his current position as the San Francisco District 
Manager.
  As the District Manager, Scott is responsible on a daily basis for 
the delivery of approximately 10 million pieces of mail to 3 million 
customers throughout northwest California that ranges from Sunnyvale in 
the south to the Oregon Border in the north. He supervises a workforce 
of 10,400 mail carriers, mail handlers, mail clerks, postmasters, and 
operations managers. In the North Bay we have grown to approximately 
3,000 employees spread throughout 205 postal facilities under Scott's 
leadership.
  The San Francisco postal district has for nine consecutive quarters, 
under Scott's leadership, received the ``Order of Yellow Jersey'' award 
for excellence in customer satisfaction and commitment to 
professionalism. The district has been repeatedly recognized by IBM's 
Business Consulting Services Unit, as one of the best on-time mail 
services for any metropolitan area in the Nation.
  In the past 13 years, Scott has helped increase awareness of 
multicultural groups within the district. Under his leadership, 
numerous diversity leadership advisory councils were established 
including the Women's Council, African American Council, Asian 
American/Pacific Island Council, and the Hispanic Council. The Bay Area 
Federal Executive Board recognized his efforts and presented him with a 
diversity leadership achievement award.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that we honor Scott Tucker 
today for the years he has dedicated to consistently improving upon how 
we all receive our mail. The San Francisco District of the United 
States Postal Service employees and customers will greatly miss him. He 
has left some very big shoes to fill.

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