[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11091]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO CHARLES E. WALKER

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 2005

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Charles E. Walker.
  Charles Walker is a Government Affairs Officer with the Army Corps of 
Engineers and he will be retiring this year after thirty years of 
outstanding work in the Federal service.
  Charles Walker has consistently demonstrated a high level of 
performance throughout his career serving our nation, starting with his 
service in the United States Army. He joined the Army in 1966 and 
fought in the Vietnam conflict. He left the Army in 1969 and returned 
to continue his education.
  He earned his Russian Language Certificate from Leningrad University 
and a P.h.D. from West Virginia University in 1973. Prior to Vietnam, 
Charles Walker had been a secondary school teacher in Baltimore City. 
He returned to teaching in 1973 as a History Lecturer at Anne Arundel 
Community College and remained there until 1974.
  In 1975, Charles Walker entered the Federal service as a historian in 
the Historical Office of the Headquarters of the Army Corps of 
Engineers. He left the Corps in 1978 to become an aide to the Mayor of 
Baltimore City and returned to teaching in 1979, taking a position as a 
U.S. Government instructor at Towson University.
  Since 1980, Charles Walker has been working exclusively as a member 
of the Federal service. First as a Senior Soviet Research Analyst at 
the Library of Congress in 1980, he became a Public Affairs Specialist 
with the Corps of Engineers. He again left the Corps in 1982. In 1987, 
Charles Walker became the Public Affairs Director for the Maryland 
Department of the Environment.
  In 1991, Charles Walker began his current position as a Government 
Affairs Officer with the Army Corps of Engineers. His professionalism, 
dedication, diligence and enthusiasm have had a significant positive 
impact on the Corps as it serves its mission.
  The Baltimore District of the Corps serves five states and helps to 
design and construct facilities and provide real estate services to 
support America's Army. The Corps also plays an active role in 
maintaining important navigation channels to secure the safety of 
national commerce in addition to the many public service engineering 
projects it performs in our communities.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Charles E. 
Walker for his service to our nation and honoring him on the occasion 
of his retirement.

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