[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1528]
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                     TRIBUTE TO DR. MORTIMER ELKIND

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                           HON. BOB SCHAFFER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 25, 1997

  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of 
Dr. Mortimer Elkind. Dr. Elkind is receiving the prestigious Enrico 
Fermi Award for his valuable contributions to cancer research. He is a 
cell biologist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, which is 
in the Fourth Congressional District of Colorado. The Enrico Fermi 
Award recognizes extraordinary scientific research and is awarded 
through the U.S. Department of Energy.
  Dr. Mortimer Elkind was born in Brooklyn, NY, and earned his Ph.D. in 
physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at 
the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD, and the Donner 
Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley. He also worked 
at the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1969 to 1973, and then 
worked at Argonne National Laboratory until 1981. He was also Professor 
of Radiology at the University of Chicago. He is currently University 
Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University's Department of 
Radiological Health Sciences.
  Dr. Elkind worked conjunctively with another Fermi Award winner, Dr. 
Withers to research the response of normal and malignant cells to 
ionizing radiation. Collectively, their work established a scientific 
basis for radiation therapy for cancer. Their work produced the 
``fractional hypothesis'' which demonstrated the value of spreading out 
the radiation dose treatment over time for the best effects. Dr. 
Elkind's work has significantly contributed to cancer treatment 
affecting almost 50 percent of cancer patients today in assisting them 
with care. This extraordinary work has tremendously impacted cancer 
research and I am proud of this service to the American people through 
his association with Colorado State University.
  The effects of cancer on our society are extremely devastating, so it 
is Dr. Elkind's kind of dedication to research and mankind that 
illuminates the human spirit in America. Dr. Elkind is truly an 
American pioneer and I ask the Congress to join me in thanking him for 
his remarkable contributions to this country.

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