[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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                      NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK 1994

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                       HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 23, 1993

  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special 
tribute to America's engineers, who will be celebrating National 
Engineers Week 1994 beginning on February 20th.
  Not a day goes by in this great Nation without the brilliant 
creations of engineers impacting our lives in some positive way. 
Towering bridges that span great waterways, instant communications, 
faster, smaller, and more powerful computers, life saving medical 
devices and daring space missions are just a few reminders of the 
myriad contributions America's great engineers have made to our quality 
of life, economic strength, and global leadership. To borrow from an 
old ad campaign, ``without engineers, life itself would be 
impossible.''
  As the cold war continues to recede and the intense competition of 
the international marketplace heats up, it is important to remember and 
honor America's engineers, because it is their new ideas, innovations, 
and inventions that will determine our position as a first class power 
or also-ran in the next century. It is the engineers who create the new 
technologies that make us more productive and fuel U.S. economic 
growth.
  As in recent years, engineers will take their message directly to 
America's classrooms during National Engineers Week. Donald R. Beall, 
honorary chair of National Engineers Week and chairman of Rockwell 
International, and James W. Poirot, chair of National Engineers Week 
and president of the American Society of Civil Engineers will lead some 
35,000 engineering professionals into the nation's classrooms to show 3 
million students and teachers the contributions of engineers and how 
math and science relate to the world around them.
  Another highlight of National Engineers Week is the Future City 
Competition which involves engineers helping intermediate school 
students design computer generated cities of the 21st century. Winners 
of local contests will compete in the national finals here in the 
Nation's Capital during Engineers Week.
  In yet another effort to raise public awareness of engineering, as 
well as to have some fun, teams of engineers and engineering students 
will set up interactive exhibits at shopping malls across the country.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to add to the success of National 
Engineers Week by joining the numerous engineering organizations and 
corporations in promoting Engineers Week in their own congressional 
districts. THe excitement and interest surrounding National Engineers 
Week has the potential to serve as the catalyst for students to become 
America's next generation of engineers.

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