[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF STUART VOGT

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 6, 2017

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate Mr. 
Stuart Vogt of Vienna, Virginia. Born in 1920, Mr. Vogt lived through 
some of the most uncertain times in American history during which he 
not only endured, but flourished. And throughout his illustrious career 
he has always put his country and community first.
  Mr. Vogt graduated from Lehigh University in 1942 with a B.S. in 
Electrical Engineering. With the war effort furiously ramping up, there 
was a demand for young, aspiring engineers. He was recruited by 
Westinghouse in Lima, Ohio, near Army Air Force headquarters at Wright-
Patterson AFB, to join Westinghouse's brand new Aviation Engineering 
Department. While there he designed dynamos and generators for World 
War II P40 fighters and B17 & B24 bombers. After the war, Mr. Vogt 
moved to Virginia to work with Naval Air Systems Command on aircraft 
electric motors. However, after only a few years there he was given a 
unique opportunity to work on NASA's Launch Operations' Saturn rockets. 
During his time at NASA, he worked in conjunction with Werner Von Braun 
and other scientists in Huntsville and Cape Canaveral. Before retiring 
thirty years ago, Mr. Vogt returned to Naval Air Systems Command where 
he installed aircraft carrier computer upgrades to accommodate new 
carrier-based F14 Tomcat fighters, S-3 Viking submarine trackers and E-
2C Hawkeye early warning radar aircraft.
  In retirement Mr. Vogt shifted from serving his country to serving 
his community. He was the Chairman of his local chapter of the National 
Active and Retired Federal Employees, and today he remains a very 
active member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Vienna. 
Mr. Vogt has a selfless desire to serve and to give back to his 
community, and this attitude inspires the same in all who meet him. He 
is a leader and I know he passes on the same selfless qualities to all 
he meets.
  Beyond his duties within his community and long career in the defense 
and aerospace industries, Mr. Vogt was a loving husband to his wife 
Marie who passed away 14 years ago and is a loving father to son Stuart 
Vogt and grandfather to Lynne and Andy. At this moment, Mr. Speaker, I 
ask that my colleagues join me in extending our sincerest thanks to Mr. 
Vogt for all the work he has done in his community and for our country.

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