[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1195-E1196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF JAMES C. MORGAN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 10, 2003

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor James C. Morgan who recently 
retired as Chief Executive Officer of Applied Materials, Inc., of Santa 
Clara, California.
  Mr. Morgan was named Chairman of Applied Materials' Board of 
Directors in 1987 and continues to serve in that position today. He

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joined Applied Materials as President in 1976, after serving as senior 
partner at WestVen Management.
  Mr. Morgan received his B.S.M.E. and MBA degrees from Cornell 
University and has earned countless honors and awards. He received the 
National Medal of Technology in 1996 and is Vice-Chair of the 
President's Export Council. He was appointed to the 2002 U.S.-Japan 
Private Sector Government Commission and served on the Commission on 
U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy from 1996 to 1997. He serves 
on the boards of Cisco Systems, the National Center for Asia-Pacific 
Economic Cooperation, the California Nature Conservancy, and as a 
member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Science, Technology and 
Society at Santa Clara University.
  Under Mr. Morgan's leadership Applied Materials has been recognized 
as one of our nation's leading corporations. Fortune Magazine named 
Applied Materials one of America's Most Admired Companies, one of the 
Top Ten in Total Return to Shareholders, one of the 100 Best Companies 
to Work For and one of the Best Companies for Asians, Blacks and 
Hispanics.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring James C. 
Morgan for his extraordinary corporate leadership and corporate 
citizenship. Our community and our country have been strengthened by 
his countless contributions and his lifetime of service. How proud I am 
to know and represent Jim and his distinguished wife Becky, and wish 
them great health and every blessing.

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