CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF
THE AUXILIARY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
TO
MR. ARTHUR R. RYTERMAN
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY


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Mr. RYTERMAN is cited for meritorious service in the performance of duty as National Auxiliary Treasurer from 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2004. With utmost diligence and fiscal expertise, Mr. RYTERMAN maintained extremely accurate national accounting records and consistently generated detailed financial and performance statements for Auxiliary leadership that facilitated their program management and decision making. Employing his extensive professional background as a certified public accountant and his lengthy Auxiliary experience, he developed the Auxiliary's annual budget proposals including anticipated income and essential expense projections for the efficient financial operation of all organizational elements. As the Auxiliary's counterpart and liaison to the Auxiliary Association, Inc., Mr. RYTERMAN ensured the effective interplay of both entities. When it became necessary to tailor the Association's fiscal year to better align with the revised tenure of Auxiliary National elected leadership, he worked ceaselessly to adjust respective budgets and record-keeping well in advance of the first new fiscal year and transparently effect the transition at all Auxiliary organizational levels. With remarkable initiative, Mr. RYTERMAN established Auxiliary participation in major trade shows, and he identified the need for establishment of written policies governing the equal and fair management of Auxiliary Association, Inc. employees and their benefit packages. Through his conscientious financial management and constant personal review, returns on Auxiliary and Auxiliary Association Inc. investments were appropriately diversified and subsequently maximized throughout a period typified by considerably wide ranging national economic conditions. Mr. RYTERMAN's dedication and devotion to duty are most heartily commended and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.

For the Commandant,
R. Dennis Sirois
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Operations