[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H3855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO JEAN W. LAMBERT

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a very 
special agronomist from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Jean Lambert.
  Jean Lambert was truly a great man who made a substantial impact on 
the world of agriculture. He was the man who helped make Minnesota one 
of the Nation's top soybean exporters. Over his career, done on a 
government salary, Lambert's efforts in variety development and soybean 
research boosted Minnesota farm income by more than $200 million.
  Jean Lambert came to the University of Minnesota Department of 
Agronomy as a plant genetics professor in January of 1946. He retired 
after 36\1/2\ years of service in 1982. During his career, Lambert 
developed 18 soybean varieties adapted to various climatic conditions 
for Minnesota.
  During his career, Dr. Lambert worked with the United Nations Food 
and Agricultural Organization and advised soybean researchers in 
Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Romania. He became a world-renowned 
soybean breeder, but never forgot his goals at the University of 
Minnesota. He wanted to educate and train undergraduate and graduate 
students and help the farmers of Minnesota through his research and 
variety development. He remained a quiet, unassuming man, who loved and 
respected the people around him, and enjoyed the respect of his 
colleagues. He was truly a great man.

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