[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MR. RONALD E. CHRONISTER, DEPUTY TO THE COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY AVIATION 
                          AND MISSILE COMMAND

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                         HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 16, 2009

  Mr. ORTIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service and 
dedication of Mr. Ronald E. Chronister, deputy to the Commander, of the 
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
  Mr. Chronister's life-time service to the U.S. Army has been an 
outstanding one. He has served this country with loyalty, dignity and 
respect, always engaging his active mind to better develop materials 
needed by our brave service men and women. We are forever in debt to 
him for all he has done in the name of freedom and our pursuit of 
happiness. Today, I stand proud as we commemorate his honor and hard 
work for the more than 25 years he has served this country through the 
U.S. Army.
  Mr. Chronister earned his bachelor's of science degree in civil 
engineering from The University of Alabama in 1982, and shortly after 
enrolled at the Army Material Command Intern School of Engineering and 
Logistics in Texarkana, Texas. In 1983, he went on to be a general 
engineer in the production engineering division of the U.S. Army's 
Research Development in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, where he climbed the 
ranks from chief to deputy director to acting director.
  In 2002, he earned a master's of science in program management from 
the Naval Post Graduate School and has received throughout his career 
numerous awards, certifications and has been an active member of 
professional associations.
  His career in the U.S. Army's Research team has grown by leaps and 
bounds. Since October 2005, Mr. Chronister has been appointed to the 
Senior Executive Service and served as Executive Director of the 
Integrated Material Management Center from October 2005 until February 
2008. During that time, he established the Prototype Integration 
Facility, a unique government-owned and government- operated enterprise 
that provides a rapid response, cost effective approach to meeting 
weapon systems program manager's material requirements.
  Mr. Chronister continues to serve our country diligently and with 
great honor. Today, I ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing the 
work Mr. Chronister has done for the U.S. Army and our country.

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