[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 160 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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  DR. LEE HARTWELL, 2001 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE

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                           HON. JENNIFER DUNN

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 19, 2001

  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Dr. Lee Hartwell, 
President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 
for winning the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  More than thirty years ago, Mr. Hartwell conducted his groundbreaking 
research on cell cycles at the University of Washington. His work has 
contributed to our scientific understanding of cellular biological 
processes that have led to new discoveries in the fight against cancer. 
He is an inspiration to his community, colleagues, and future 
scientific researchers.
  Dr. Hartwell joined the University of Washington faculty in 1968 and 
has been a professor of genetics since 1973. In 1996, he joined the 
Hutchinson Center and has became president and director in 1997. He has 
won many national and international scientific awards for his work 
including the Leopold Griffuel Prize, the Albert Lasker Basic Medical 
Research Prize, the General Motors Sloan Award, and the Gairdner 
Foundation International Award for Achievements in Science.
  On December 10, 2001, Dr. Hartwell will join a distinguished list of 
scientists who have achieved the highest honor in their field when he 
is awarded the Nobel Prize. His greatest achievement, however, is not 
measured by the number of awards he receives, but in the number of 
lives that he has saved. He embodies the true spirit of past Nobel 
Prize recipients whose contributions have inspired others and improved 
humanity.

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