[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING GEORGE BROWN AND LINUS PAULING

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 1999

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I would like today to call your 
attention to an exhibition that has recently opened at the National 
Museum of Health and Medicine: ``Linus Pauling and the Twentieth 
Century.'' This exhibition, which was viewed by more than 20,000 school 
children at the California Institute of Technology, was brought to 
Washington largely through the efforts of our late friend and 
colleague, George E. Brown, Jr.
  Congressman Brown, as we all know, held a passionate belief that 
there is a special relationship between excellence in education, 
pushing back the frontiers of scientific knowledge, and the pursuit of 
peace. These themes are celebrated by the exhibition on the life, work 
and times of Linus Pauling.
  Dr. Pauling is the only person ever to win two unshared Nobel prizes. 
In 1954 he was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of 
the nature of the chemical bond, and in 1962 he won the Nobel Peace 
Prize for his efforts to end atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. 
Congressman Brown believed that Pauling's commitment to science and to 
an unwavering idealism make the exhibition on his life especially 
instructive to today's young people.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in honoring 
Congressman Brown for his efforts to bring this exhibition to the 
Nation's Capital, and to express our appreciation to the organizing 
committee for making the exhibit possible: Oregon State University, the 
Linus Pauling family, and the Soka Gakkai International and its 
founder, Daisaku Ikeda, whose friendship with Pauling inspired the 
exhibit.

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