[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                 IN MEMORY OF JAMES MATTHEW BROADUS III

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                          HON. GERRY E. STUDDS

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. STUDDS. Mr. Speaker, the marine scientific and policy community 
suffered a tremendous loss with the tragic and untimely death of Dr. 
James Matthew Broadus III, the Director of the Marine Policy Center at 
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, on September 28, 1994. Dr. 
Broadus was recognized internationally for his work on the economics of 
ocean and coastal resources, particularly in the areas of marine 
minerals and global climate change.
  Jim was the first social scientist appointed to the resident 
scientific staff at Woods Hole and served as Director of the Policy 
Center from 1986 until his death. He was one of those rare breeds--a 
brilliant academic with a detailed and sophisticated understanding of 
the political system and an appreciation of the necessity of 
translating scholarly findings into language understandable by policy 
makers.
  I will miss the contributions that Jim Broadus made to my own work in 
Congress. He frequently provided good counsel to me and my staff on a 
wide range of issues. One measure of a person in a position like Jim's 
is the extraordinarily high level of respect accorded to him by those 
who worked with him. Under Jim's leadership, the Marine Policy Center 
blossomed into one of the leading institutions, of its kind because of 
the productivity of the excellent staff that he put together. It is a 
productivity for which Jim was directly responsible by the open and 
collegial environment he nurtured at the Center.
  We hope that the memory of his dedication, talent, and leadership 
will help to sustain the tradition of excellence that he established 
for the Marine Policy Center at Woods Hole.
  Finally, to Jim's family, his wife Victoria, sons, Matthew and 
Joseph, and daughter, Tory, my staff and I extend our deepest 
sympathies. I hope that the knowledge of the important and lasting 
contributions that Jim made, and the deep affection and respect that we 
had for him, will help sustain you during this time of sorrow.

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