[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO TERESA KIRKEENG-KINCAID

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to Teresa 
Kirkeeng-Kincaid, a remarkable civil servant who dedicated her entire 
career to making her community, the Upper Mississippi River Region and 
our Nation a better place. Teresa passed away last week at the young 
age of 48, after a courageous battle against cancer. Her legacy, 
however, will continue long into the future. Teresa dedicated her 
entire professional life to working for the Federal Government. Teresa 
joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a civil engineer with the 
Rock Island District in 1981, and continued with the Corps for 26 
years. In that time, she served in many roles, including assistant 
chief of the planning, program and project management division.
  During her two and a half decades of service, Teresa earned a 
reputation on the Upper Mississippi Region and across the Nation as a 
person of great dedication and integrity. She played a leadership role 
in important projects including formulating navigation, flood damage, 
and ecosystem restoration projects throughout the entire Upper 
Mississippi River basin. She was the ``go to person'' throughout the 
Corps of Engineers on numerous planning issues. The team she led 
reestablished the Corps' Planning Associates program to train future 
planners for the Corps, a legacy that will last for many decades.
  I had the occasion to meet Teresa several times, and know the very 
high regard in which she was held by her coworkers, her countless 
friends, and her loving family. She will be missed.

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