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07 LC 36 0707
House Resolution 659
By: Representatives Murphy of the 120th, Howard of the 121st, Davis of the 122nd, Frazier of the 123rd, and Sims of the 119th


A RESOLUTION


Congratulating Mr. Bob Pedde; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Mr. Bob Pedde, president of Washington Savannah River Company (WSRC) for more than five years, has been named executive vice president of International Government Nuclear Programs for the Energy & Environment Business Unit of Washington Group International; and

WHEREAS, prior to his appointment as WSRC´s president in August 2001, Mr. Pedde, who managed the U.S. Department of Energy´s Savannah River Site during one of its most challenging periods, served two years as WSRC´s executive vice president, and

WHEREAS, this Michigan State University graduate joined WSRC in 1989 as project manager for the P Reactor Restart Program after 19 years in engineering and management positions with the Tennessee Valley Authority and later served as project director and program manager and then area manager of the Replacement Tritium Facility; and

WHEREAS, he was appointed WSRC vice president for Defense Programs in 1996; and

WHEREAS, in his new role as executive vice president of International Government Nuclear Programs for the Energy & Environment Business Unit, he will work with Power and Mining Business Unit leaders to address market needs across the full nuclear life cycle internationally; and

WHEREAS, his significant organizational and leadership talents, his remarkable patience and diplomacy, and his keen sense of vision have earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and associates; and

WHEREAS, he is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished individual be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body congratulate Mr. Bob Pedde on being named executive vice president of International Government Nuclear Programs for the Energy & Environment Business Unit of Washington Group International and extend to him their most sincere best wishes for success and for continued health and happiness.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Bob Pedde.