[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM J. RISSEL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a Kentuckian 
who has both faithfully served his community and the men and women of 
the U.S. Army for more than two decades. I speak of Mr. William J. 
Rissel, the president and chief executive officer of the Fort Knox 
Federal Credit Union, a stalwart member of the Fort Knox CORE 
Committee, and a long-time friend.
  Under Bill's leadership, the Fort Knox Federal Credit Union has 
achieved impressive growth and has done much to help the local 
community. Bill has worked in the financial services industry for more 
than 30 years, and he has headed the Fort Knox Federal Credit Union 
since 1991. In that time, it has expanded from 4 branches primarily 
serving Hardin County to 14 branches across central Kentucky. Fort Knox 
Federal Credit Union was recently awarded the Department of the Army's 
Distinguished Service Award. It won this recognition in competition 
against all other on-post credit unions in the Nation.
  If there is a cause that is near and dear to Bill's heart in addition 
to Fort Knox Federal, it is that of Fort Knox and the surrounding 
community. In 2011, under Bill's guidance, Fort Knox Federal sponsored 
a platoon deployed to Afghanistan. The staff shared messages of support 
and care packages with the soldiers to remind them of home and let them 
know that they remained in the thoughts and prayers of the local 
community. Bill and I have worked together for years trying to ensure 
that Fort Knox has what it needs to support its mission and the 
military personnel and their families who call the post home. Bill has 
been a member of the Fort Knox CORE Committee since 1993 and has served 
as president of the organization since January 2006.
  Bill is also active in the local area, having served as a Radcliff 
Chamber of Commerce board member; president of the Association of the 
United States Army, Fort Knox chapter; the United Way Advisory 
Committee; the Radcliff Industrial Foundation Board; and Rotary 
International. He also visits Fort Knox Elementary School and reads to 
Mrs. Trimble's class every year.
  Bill and his wife Rosie are completing their dream house in Florida 
where they may both enjoy the warm weather, but I know his heart will 
always remain in central Kentucky.
  Mr. President, I ask my U.S. Senate colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Mr. William J. Rissel for his successful career and 
thank him for his service to the community and to Fort Knox.

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