[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 148 (Tuesday, October 21, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ'S LONG MARINE 
                LAB ON CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 21, 2003

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the University of 
California, Santa Cruz's Long Marine Lab on celebrating its twenty-
fifth anniversary on October 25th, 2003. The Joseph M. Long Marine 
Laboratory is a research and education facility of Institute of Marine 
Sciences and is known throughout the world for innovative research on 
marine mammals, marine ecology, and issues relating to ocean health. 
The Long Marine Lab has grown from a few marine scientists into a 
research institute with more than 170 scientists and research 
associates, 130 graduate students, and $12 million in annual research 
funds.
  With its collaborative interdisciplinary approach to programs and 
facilities, Long Marine Laboratory enables students from the University 
of California, Santa Cruz to engage in hands-on research, and to have 
the opportunity to work with professionals in their field of study. The 
site is also home to the California Department of Fish and Game Marine 
Wildlife Center, the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southwest 
Science Center, and plans are underway to bring coastal and marine 
scientists from the United States Geological Survey.
  The Seymour Marine Discovery Center houses the lab's public education 
and visitor programs and brings marine research to life for 50,000 
schoolchildren and other public visitors every year. Programs such as 
this are vital to teaching children about conservation and the marine 
environment, and ensuring that they will continue the struggle to save 
and preserve our oceans.
  The President of the University of California has chosen this day to 
name one of the original Long Marine Laboratory buildings the William 
T. Doyle Research Building in honor of Bill Doyle, founding director of 
the Institute of Marine Sciences, for his great vision, wisdom, and 
persistence in the establishment and early development of the Long 
Marine Laboratory.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Bill Doyle's memory and the 
dedicated work of the many staff and researchers at the University of 
California, Santa Cruz's Long Marine Laboratory. Through their 
commitment to marine research they are able to offer new solutions and 
approaches to conservation and preservation of our oceans. The lab's 
twenty-fifth anniversary is a tribute to the role it plays in our 
community, and I wish the Long Marine Laboratory the best successes for 
the future.

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