[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO CHARLES WOFFORD

 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I wish to recognize Charles 
Wofford. Mr. Wofford is retiring from the position of Alabama area 
director of the Social Security Administration after over 45 years of 
dedicated service. He has served as the Area Director in Alabama since 
September 1979.
  Mr. Wofford graduated from the University of Alabama in 1961 with a 
B.S. degree in biology. He began work with Social Security that same 
year as a claims representative trainee. He held additional 
increasingly responsible jobs as a claims authorizer, field 
representative, operations supervisor, branch manager, assistant 
district manager, district manager, and has been an area director since 
April 1977 and came to Alabama in 1979 to serve as the Alabama area 
director at that time.
  He is the senior area director in the United States, and has received 
numerous awards throughout his career for superior performance. He 
received a service award for spearheading an intense direct deposit 
campaign and a cash award in recognition of exemplary achievement in 
the area of DDS and field office relations. He has strived to build a 
strong management team and has worked to ensure that all employees are 
fully trained to perform to the best of their ability. He received the 
Deputy Commissioner's Citation for Outstanding Contributions as a 
member of the National Training Vision Workgroup.
  I congratulate Mr. Wofford on his retirement. He has been a valued 
employee and wise mentor to many other employees. He enjoys traveling, 
and we wish him well in the future as he has more time to enjoy this 
favored pastime.

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