[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 34 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        RECOGNITION OF JACOB LICHT OF WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 20, 2002

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend and 
recognize the achievements of a remarkable young man, Jacob Licht of 
West Hartford, CT. Jacob, a student at William Hall High School in West 
Hartford, CT, won second prize and a $75,000 scholarship in the 61st 
Intel Science Talent Search competition in Washington, DC on March 11, 
2002.
  Jacob, a 17-year-old senior, was awarded second place based on his 
extraordinary work in developing a new mathematical theory based on the 
Ramsey Theory of disorder. His work manages to reinvent this theory by 
looking for pockets of complete disorder in sets of numbers that appear 
organized. Math experts have described Jacob's research as profound and 
groundbreaking. As a reward for his research, Jacob was granted an 
audience with President Bush and an asteroid will be named after him.
  Yet despite all of Jacob's success and fame, he is still a modest and 
unassuming young man. At Hall, Jacob is not only the captain of the 
math team, but a volunteer math tutor as well. He is an avid sports 
enthusiast and loves to impersonate Elvis Presley, often entering and 
winning local talent competitions.
  Mr. Speaker, Jacob Licht is to be applauded for his dedication, his 
intellect, and his humility. The Intel Talent Search competition has 
identified a gifted young man with the potential to change the world. 
Jacob, who has already been accepted to both the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology, is 
clearly an exceptional and wonderful person and we applaud his 
achievements.

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