[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9488]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING MAYOR JACK CALVERT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight in recognition of Jack 
Calvert for 16 years of service as the mayor of the city of Lampasas in 
the 11th District of Texas.
  Mayor Calvert graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1956 
and served in the Army as a second lieutenant. He served in various 
command and staff positions, including test officer in Greenland, 
assistant professor of chemistry at West Point, and he served in combat 
in Vietnam where he was awarded the Purple Heart. After a 3-year tour 
at the Pentagon, he served for 3 years in Germany. Mr. Calvert then 
served at Joliet Army Ammunition Plant and in 1979 was assigned to the 
Army War College.
  Following this assignment, Mayor Calvert then served as the director 
of Battlefield Automation at Fort Hood and after 3 years he retired 
from the United States Army as a colonel.
  Mayor Calvert's service to his community and his country did not end 
after his retirement from the military. He then served on different 
civic groups. He and his wife, Fran, chose Lampasas as their home and 
purchased a historic house to restore back to its original structure. 
Along with his service, he and his wife, Fran, raised three children: 
Charles Douglas, Lee Ann, and Mary.
  As mayor of Lampasas, he successfully guided the city and its 
councils through many growth issues. Jack Calvert is a true leader of 
leaders in the 11th Congressional District, and I am proud to represent 
him here in the House of Representatives.

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