[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING MARY GIBSON SCOTT

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Mary Gibson Scott, 
the superintendent of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. 
Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway. She announced her retirement from 
the National Park Service this week after 33 years of public service.
  Mary is one of just 10 top-level park managers in the United States 
and is also the only woman among them. Before taking her current 
position in Wyoming in 2004, Mary held park management positions across 
the U.S., including at fabulous Carlsbad Caverns, the Golden Gate Park, 
the Santa Monica Mountains, and the Channel Islands in the West, and in 
the East, the Gateway in New York and the Blue Ridge Parkway in 
Virginia.
  Over the course of her career, Mary has earned a variety of awards, 
including the Department of the Interior Superior Service Award and the 
Intermountain Region's Superintendent of the Year for Natural 
Resources, just to name two.
  To many of us in Wyoming, Madam Speaker, Mary Gibson Scott is a 
neighbor and a friend, immersed in the Wyoming community; a valued and 
treasured public servant; and the epitome of a leader in stewardship of 
both natural resources and human relationships. I am proud and pleased 
to call Mary Gibson Scott my friend.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating Mary 
Gibson Scott on her illustrious career and in wishing her the very best 
for a happy and well-earned retirement.

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