[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 141 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  AUGSBURG COLLEGE CONGRATULATES DR. PETER AGRE, WINNER OF THE NOBEL 
                           PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

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                         HON. MARTIN OLAV SABO

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 8, 2003

  Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of Peter Agre, M.D. who was 
awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry today. Although he is now at the 
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore where he received his 
M.D., I am proud to say that Dr. Agre received his bachelor's degree in 
chemistry from Ausgburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Agre's 
father, the late Courtland Agre, taught chemistry at Augsburg College 
from the 1950s to the 1970s.
  Dr. Agre's award is for the discovery of transportation channels in 
cell walls. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences believes the work of 
Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon, with whom he shares the prize, is of 
great importance for our understanding of many diseases of the kidneys, 
heart, muscles and nervous system.
  Today the entire Augsburg College community, including alumni like 
me, congratulates Dr. Agre for a discovery that benefits all of 
humanity. I hope that the young people in our schools and colleges and 
universities are inspired by your example and will explore the exciting 
possibilities that lie in scientific discovery.

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