[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2044]
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                    CONGRATULATING NAN SHELBY WELLS

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                           HON. RUSH D. HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 14, 2002

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the contributions of 
Nan Shelby Wells on her retirement after 26 years with Princeton 
University.
  In 1979, Nan founded the University's Office of Government Affairs 
and later moved it to Washington as one of the first university offices 
to be located there. For more than two decades, Nan made friends for 
Princeton in Washington and has represented the University on a broad 
range of issues, always ready to be helpful to Members of Congress and 
their staffs, as well as officials in the executive agencies.
  A champion of higher education, especially graduate education, Nan 
played a central role in the creation and funding of the Education 
Department's Jacob Javits Fellowships, and she has been a leader in 
strengthening the National Science Foundation and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities.
  For her entire career at Princeton, Nan has been an advocate for 
research and development and especially for the national fusion energy 
research program, and particularly for the excellent work that has been 
done at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. She has worked hard to 
educate policy makers and to establish and maintain strong support from 
the U.S. Congress and the Department of Energy for the Laboratory's 
mission.
  When I was with the Plasma Physics Laboratory, I worked closely with 
Nan for ten years and know her to be a great advocate for education, 
for investment in our country's future prosperity, and for a 
compassionate humane society, and especially for Princeton University.
  I know that all members who have worked with Nan join me in wishing 
her all the best as she retires from Princeton University and 
undertakes other activities.

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