Former Albany City Commissioner Ivey Hines retires from career at LOGCOM

MCLB-ALBANY — The day job former Albany Ward II City Commissioner Ivey Hines has held with Marine Corps Logistics Command offered him a rewarding career. Now, he is taking the next step.

Hines, 62, had been serving in LOGCOM as an information technology specialist. He retired Thursday after 32 years of federal service.

In a retirement ceremony at the LOGCOM headquarters building, he referred to his retirement as “a wonderful transition in life.”

“After all the time that has been served, it’s really good to look back,” he said.

Hines said “age and time” was a factor in deciding when it was time to move on. “I know it is time for me to move on, and (there are) other things to do.”

He said he is happy to be able to go into his retirement in good health, but is also proud to have been able to make a difference in the lives of Marines.

“What we do, they live and die by,” Hines said.

Presentations were made at the ceremony by Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw, commanding general of LOGCOM. They included a retirement certificate, letters of recognition and a flag presentation for Hines, and a certificate of appreciation for his wife of 31 years, Martha Hines.

The flag presented flew at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 7 at the request of U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, in Hines’ honor, officials said at the ceremony.

In his remarks, Crenshaw said a number of people have been retiring from LOGCOM, each of which are leaving a legacy — Hines being one of them.

“There are so many things we can experience and (accomplish) … and Ivey Hines has done that and will continue to do that,” the major general said.

In April of 1980, Hines began his career as an administrative law paralegal in the Albany office of the Georgia Legal Services Programs. After three years, Hines was selected as a vocation rehabilitation trainee on board Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany — and his first assignment was to provide maintenance support for the Marine Corps Data Control Manual.

Later, Hines was assigned the task of writing the first Requirements Determination User Guide. The assignment required the gathering and understanding of the functions and procedures for executing the automated system.

Hines was a leader of the combined teams that prepared LOGCOM staff for the capability maturity model integration, or CMMI, assessment, through which LOGCOM achieved Level 2 — considered a highly recognized achievement in the information technology field awarded by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He led the team which facilitated the installation of Altiris, a service desk tool throughout the Marine Corps.

His service to the community has included charter president of the Albany Chapter of Blacks in Government, president of the Albany area graduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Albany chapter of the Albany State University National Alumni Association, Artesian Toastmaster Club 3379, Albany Group Home for Boys, initiation of a mentoring program at Southside Middle School, pastoring at the Thunder Temple Missionary Baptist Church, moderator at the Camilla Missionary Baptist Association and county chairman of the Dougherty County Convention of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia.

Outreach to the youth is something Hines said he plans to continue doing in his retirement.

Hines has received recognitions, including the Outstanding Performance Award, Navy and Marine Corps finalist for Federal Handicapped Employee of the Year, Alpha Man of the Year, Handicapped Citizen of the Month, Ruth T. Kimbrough Community Service Award through the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Outstanding Young Man of America.

Hines was educated at Albany State College, Georgia College in Milledgeville, Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind in Little Rock, Ark. and Bethany Theological Seminary in Dothan, Ala. The Harrison native is the son of the Rev. M.C. Hines and the late Annie Mae Kelsey Hines, and the father of three children.