[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11407-S11408]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DAVID ALLAN HAMBURG

  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I would like to pay tribute today to a 
remarkable man, a renaissance man for our times, Dr. David Allan 
Hamburg. I would also add that Dr. Hamburg has a wonderful wife, a 
remarkable and accomplished woman, Betty Hamburg. In her own right, she 
has been truly an outstanding leader in every field of endeavor she has 
entered, as she has stood side by side with David Hamburg all these 
years and helped him accomplish what he has accomplished in his own 
right. They have two wonderful children, very successful children, 
Peggy and Eric.
  Mr. President, I have come to know and admire David Hamburg through 
my long association with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, of which 
he has been president since 1983. In that position, he has combined his 
unparalleled knowledge of and experience in science, psychiatry, and 
international affairs to produce a record of remarkable accomplishment.
  A quick review of his past activities reveals a unique combination of 
intelligence and energy that has been applied unselfishly and with a 
remarkably positive effect to scholarship, to intellectual endeavors, 
and to public service. For example, Dr. Hamburg was professor and 
chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at 
Stanford University; then the Reed-Hodgson Professor of Human Biology 
at Stanford. He served as president of the Institute of Medicine of the 
National Academy of Sciences.
  At Harvard University, he was the director of the Division of Health 
Policy Research and Education, as well as the John D. MacArthur 
Professor of Health Policy. He also has served as president and 
chairman of the board of the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science.

  His many memberships on governing boards of nonprofit organizations 
and his numerous honorary degrees demonstrate clearly that he has been 
widely recognized all over the country and, indeed, around the world 
for his experience, his wisdom, and his public-minded spirit.
  It has been my great honor and privilege to work closely with David 
Hamburg on three important projects in recent years. First, under his 
leadership, Carnegie sponsored, and David himself played an important 
role in, a project on nonproliferation in the early 1990's that 
provided much of the analytical basis for the original cooperative 
threat reduction legislation that became law in December of 1991.
  Shortly thereafter, he accompanied Senators Lugar, Warner, Bingaman, 
and myself on an extensive study mission to the former Soviet Union, 
and shared with us his wisdom regarding the troubled conflicts, the 
ethnic problems, and the potential for further problems in that part of 
the world, as well as his expertise and concern about the overall issue 
of nonproliferation.
  Second, in consultation with Senator Lugar and with me, David 
Hamburg's leadership and Carnegie's sponsorship with Dick Clark, former 
Senator Dick Clark's leadership, working under Carnegie and under David 
Hamburg, created a special exchange program involving Members of the 
United States Congress and the Russian Parliament. Senators Biden, 
Exon, Feingold, Graham of Florida, Hutchison, Jeffords, Johnston, 
Lautenberg, Roth, Sarbanes, and Simpson, plus numerous colleagues from 
the House, have joined me in this undertaking over the last several 
years.
  Thanks to the leadership of Dick Clark and the vision of David 
Hamburg, and the sponsorship of Carnegie, this program has proved most 
rewarding for the American side and I believe also for the Russian 
side, and has made a significant contribution to mutual understanding 
of United States-Russian relations, and also relationships with Eastern 
Europe, because the Carnegie Corporation, under David's leadership, and 
again with Dick Clark taking the helm, has sponsored numerous 
conferences over the last 7 or 8 years with our colleagues in the 
Parliaments of Eastern Europe, and that, too, has been very successful.
  Third, Dr. Hamburg, together with former Secretary of State Cyrus 
Vance and a distinguished group of international leaders, again, 
sponsored by Carnegie, have formed an international commission to study 
and make policy recommendations regarding conflict situations that have 
plagued the post-cold-war world.
  This group has banded together with leaders from around the world to 
try to find ways and recommend methods and reform of certain 
institutions to help get out in front of and prevent deadly conflict 
throughout the globe.
  I have been honored to serve on the advisory board of this 
commission. Dr. Hamburg and Cy Vance and his commission colleagues have 
asked me to head a task force of this commission upon my retirement 
from the Senate. That will be one of the public policy issues I look 
forward to staying involved in. It is a very important part of 
America's foreign policy and national security considerations.
  I readily agreed to undertake this leadership under Dr. Hamburg and 
Cy Vance and am looking forward to continuing my close collaboration 
with Dr. Hamburg in that new capacity.
  Mr. President, I could go on and on about the accomplishments of 
David Hamburg. I have just outlined the parts of his overall activities 
that I have personally been involved in. He has been a leader in 
writing papers and books on children, on education, on research, on 
environmental matters. He is truly a Renaissance man. I have known 
people who had great breadth, and I have known people who have had 
great depth on many issues. I never knew anyone with the breadth and 
depth that David Hamburg has on so many issues important to our Nation 
and, indeed, to humanity.
  On September 9 of this year, David Hamburg will receive one of the 
highest honors our country can bestow: the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom. The citation that accompanies the award provides a fitting 
summary of this man's remarkable career to date. President Clinton 
presented that medal on September 9, and it reads as follows:

       As a physician, scientist, and educator, David Hamburg has 
     devoted a boundless energy and deep intelligence to 
     understanding human behavior, preventing violent conflict, 
     and improving the health and well-being of our children. From 
     Stanford to the Institute of Medicine and the Carnegie 
     Corporation, he has worked to strengthen American families by 
     teaching us about the challenges and difficulties of raising 
     children in a rapidly transforming world. Known for 
     emphasizing the importance of early childhood and early

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     adolescence, he has stressed the need for families, schools 
     and communities to work together in our children's interest. 
     In a life of wisdom, courage and purpose, David Hamburg has 
     exemplified the finest tradition of humane, social 
     engagement.

  Mr. President, I am pleased and honored to pay tribute to David Allan 
Hamburg, a truly distinguished American.

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