[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 75 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1105]
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                        IN HONOR OF DR. XIE XIDE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 11, 1998

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Dr. Xie Xide for receiving 
a Doctor of Humane Letters from Cleveland State University.
  Dr. Xide is a distinguished physicist, educator and internationalist. 
She has served as Professor and Director of Modern Physics at Fudan 
University, Adjunct Director of the Shanghai Institute of Technical 
Physics, and Vice President of the Chinese Physical Society. She is 
also a member of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 
Chair of the Twenty-first International Conference of Semiconductor 
Physics. Dr. Xide has published seventy-six papers in prestigious 
international scientific journals. She was inducted as a Fellow of the 
American Physical Society and the Third World Academy of Sciences. Dr. 
Xide was also elected as an honorary member of the American Academy of 
Arts and Sciences and the American Physical Society. In addition, she 
has also served as both Vice President and President of Fudan 
University.
  Dr. Xide's efforts to foster international dialogue have been 
recognized by twelve universities in Canada, England, Hong Kong, Japan 
and the United States which have awarded her honorary degrees. 
Currently, as Adviser to Cleveland State University and Director of its 
American Studies Center, Dr. Xide promotes the international exchange 
of scholars and students. She has developed Fundan's present faculty 
exchange program with Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall 
College of Law. Dr. Xide has made many outstanding contributions to 
scientific research, education and international understanding.
  My fellow colleagues, please join me in congratulating Dr. Xide on 
receiving the Doctor of Humane Letters from Cleveland State University.

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