[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E664-E665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO TING LOU

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                         HON. THOMAS J. MANTON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 30, 1996

  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Ting Lou of 
Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan who was chosen Monday March 11, 
1996, as the second place winner in the prestigious Westinghouse 
Science Awards.
  Mr. Speaker, since 1942, the Westinghouse Science Talent Search has 
identified and encouraged high school seniors nationwide to

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pursue careers in science, mathematics, and engineering.
  Westinghouse Talent Search alumni have won more than 100 of the 
world's most coveted science and math awards and honors. Five have gone 
on to win the Nobel prize, three have been awarded the National Medal 
of Science, and thirty have been elected to the National Academy of 
Sciences.
  Mr. Speaker, Ting Lou finished second among the 1,869 nationwide 
entries. She investigated gene expression, a fundamental cellular 
process, and proposed a mechanism for turning gene expression on and 
off.
  Ting Lou who resides in Woodside, NY attends Stuyvesant High School, 
a magnet school located in Manhattan which contributed four overall 
finalists, only one of two schools nationwide to contribute multiple 
finalists.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize the achievements of Ting Lou and 
I know my colleagues join me in congratulating her and all the other 
finalists in the Westinghouse Talent Search.

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