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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – Army Materiel Command’s top leader conducted a ceremony to induct three new members to the AMC Hall of Fame and dedicate the headquarters’ Executive Reception Room in honor of a previous commanding general and Vietnam veteran.
Gen. Ed Daly, AMC commanding general, hosted current and former leaders from across AMC Sept. 20, to dedicate the Gen. William G.T. Tuttle, Jr., AMC Hall of Fame Room as well as induct James Carpenter, Kathryn T.H. Szymanski and Dr. Priscilla B. Ransohoff into the command’s Hall of Fame. Ms. Szymanski and Mr. Carpenter personally attended the ceremony. The late Dr. Ransohoff was inducted posthumously.
“I want to thank everyone for being here today as we pay tribute to several exceptional leaders who have made not only this command, but the Army a better place, and their legacies live on as we speak today,” said Daly.
The ceremony began with Daly recognizing Tuttle’s lengthy and distinguished service, culminating as the AMC commanding general, where he led the organization through its support of Operation Desert Storm, the first large-scale military action since the Vietnam War. Tuttle was inducted to the AMC Hall of Fame in 2016. He died November 2020 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
“General Tuttle was an innovator, a problem solver and above all a remarkable leader. He was a visionary who transformed logistics not only at the strategic level, but all the way down to the tactical level and tactical edge,” said Daly. “His leadership as AMC CG in the late 1980s and 1990s set the foundation for AMC to grow into what it is today, the Army’s premier logistics, sustainment and installation management organization.”
Tuttle’s son, Johnathon (John) Tuttle, attended the ceremony on behalf of the Tuttle family. Commenting to the gathered audience, he said “I wanted to bring thanks and really gratitude from my entire family, particularly my mother... She wasn’t able to travel but she did ask me to convey that AMC was really my father’s love and both of their labor of love. My dad always said that any great command or any great unit starts with the people, and so to be associated with the very best of AMC I think is really the best honor that you can give him.”
AMC established the Hall of Fame in 2012 to honor and memorialize Soldiers and Army Civilians who have made significant and enduring contributions to AMC and the Army. The Hall of Fame preserves the command’s history and recognizes the leadership, service and dedication of former AMC members for their remarkable efforts.
After more than five decades, Carpenter continues to work as an industrial artisan at Red River Army Depot, Texas, overhauling, repairing and rebuilding Army combat systems and tactical vehicles. His induction marks the first instance an industrial artisan received the distinction.
“I’ve worked on a little bit of everything at Red River,” Carpenter said. “I enjoy working. It’s the way I am. I just enjoy the job. I want to make the Army’s systems as good as I can make them because what we do here really makes a difference for Soldiers.”
After 34 years of service Carpenter retired in 2001, but a year later he returned to Red River as a contractor. In 2007, he was hired again as a re-employed annuitant for a two-year period to train an upcoming younger workforce. After completing that assignment Carpenter was once again called on to oversee the development of the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Recap Program. With only a few short breaks, Carpenter has continued to work in the light tactical division on HMMWVs.
Ransohoff, a long-time Army Communications-Electronics Command employee at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, served as the coordinator of the federal women’s program in the command’s equal employment opportunity office for 24 years until her retirement in 1990. Although serving in this capacity for 24 years, her government service actually began in 1964 for what was then the U.S. Army Electronics Command (ECOM) as an education adviser for ECOM’s Research and Development Directorate before being appointed as the assistant deputy Equal Employment Officer. It was in this role that she is credited with affecting changes for women throughout the federal workforce by implementing or chartering several initiatives including: assisting women with gaining experience in leadership and speaking roles; and as a founding member of a local chapter of Federally Employed Women, later serving as the organization’s national president for two terms in 1972 and 1973.
“It is important to recognize Dr. Ransohoff for her pioneering efforts in fostering equality and diversity in the workforce, and her actions to encourage women to have a strong voice and role in the federal workforce,” said CECOM Historian Susan Thompson, who nominated Ransohoff posthumously.
Hall of fame inductee Kathryn Szymanski, a renowned civil service attorney, began her career after receiving her Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University in 1979 as a law clerk. Throughout her career, Szymanski was noted for her commitment to developing opportunities for female attorneys as well as those in other career fields. In 1995, she received her appointment to the senior executive service for AMC’s Communications-Electronics Command as chief, command council for the program executive offices at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. In what Szymanski considers one the many highlights of her career, she said serving as one of the architects for CECOM’s Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program, or LMP, business plan stands out above the rest of her assignments.
In 2002, Szymanski was appointed as the AMC Deputy Command Counsel, and two years later, advanced to chief command counsel, becoming the first female SES to serve both titles, respectively. From 2005-2006 she served as AMC’s executive deputy to the commanding general.
Immediately following the recognition and dedication ceremony of the Tuttle Hall of Fame Room, Hall of Fame inductees unveiled their plaques on the room’s display.
“Cumulatively, these legends have served our grateful nation for over 100 years. Today is really a celebration of these giants that have gone before us and their continued legacy. We are truly standing on their shoulders,” said Daly.
| Date Taken: | 09.22.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 09.22.2022 12:01 |
| Story ID: | 429866 |
| Location: | REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA, US |
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