[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18380]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ANNE-MARIE GNACEK

                                 ______
                                 

                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 14, 2006

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor one of 
my constituents, Ms. Anne-Marie Gnacek upon her retirement after 50 
years of managing, designing, and developing simulations to evaluate 
our Nation's ability to intercept and destroy foreign missiles.
  Beginning in 1956, Ms. Gnacek worked for a variety of defense related 
engineering companies. With the exception of choosing to stay at home 
to raise her two sons in the 1960s, she has worked continuously on 
developing software simulations to help develop our Nation's space and 
missile development programs, including the Navy's Polaris missile and 
the development of our National Missile Defense initiative.
  Most recently, Ms. Gnacek was involved in the independent 
verification and validation testing of the Ground Based Midcourse 
Defense System's Battle Management Command and Control and In-flight 
Interceptor Communications systems, and development of simulation 
training aid for the soldiers who will operate the system.
  Ms. Gnacek also led a team of engineers that developed real time 
simulations of mission experiments and activities to train astronauts 
for NASA's SPACELAB 1 and 2 shuttle missions.
  Mr. Speaker, this month, Ms. Gnacek will retire after 50 years of 
exceptional service. Throughout her career, she has devoted herself 
towards improving our Nation's space and missile development programs 
and has diligently worked to enhance these vital systems to meet the 
ever-changing needs of our country.
  I rise today to join her colleagues, family, and friends in 
congratulating her on a job well done. I wish her and her family the 
very best for the future.