[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 136 (Monday, September 26, 1994)]
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  HONORING GEORGE S. HAMMOND FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 26, 1994

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today 
and recognize an outstanding citizen of Bowling Green, OH. Eminent 
science educator Dr. George S. Hammond, senior McMaster fellow at the 
Bowling Green State University Center for Photochemical Sciences, has 
won the National Medal of Science.
  Dr. Hammond is one of eight scientists and the only chemist being 
named this year to receive the Nation's top scientific honor. He is 
being recognized for virtually creating the field of organic 
photochemistry, laying the theoretical foundations for research in this 
area and for hundreds of commercial products developed from its 
applications.
  Born in 1921 in Auburn, ME, Hammond attended Bates College in Maine 
where he earned his bachelor of science degree in chemistry. He 
attended Harvard University, where he earned a masters and doctorate 
degree in chemistry.
  Dr. Hammond is the author or coauthor of a total of 5 books and more 
than 300 papers, and he has been recognized numerous times by the 
National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and 
Sciences. He has received the ACS Award in petroleum chemistry, the 
James Flack Norris Award in physical organic chemistry, the Danforth 
Award for gifted teachers and the Priestly Medal, the American Chemical 
Society's highest award for service to the profession.
  George Hammond's success as a researcher is based on a combination of 
profound insight and a prodigious awareness of the chemical literature. 
He is also cited for having trained a major percentage of the important 
American organic photochemists during the past three decades.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating George Hammond on 
this latest accomplishment. His dedication and insight have provided 
benefits for all Americans.

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