[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 33 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING DR. R. DUNCAN LUCE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RECEIVING THE 
                     2003 NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

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                          HON. CHRISTOPHER COX

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 16, 2005

  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to recognize Dr. R. 
Duncan Luce of the University of California-Irvine for his outstanding 
contributions to the scientific community. Professor Luce is one of 
eight U.S. scientists and engineers--and one of four Californians--to 
receive the 2003 National Medal of Science, the Nation's highest 
scientific honor.
  Professor Luce is no stranger to high honors. Over his 50-year 
career, Professor Luce has been awarded the Society of Experimental 
Psychologists' Norman Anderson Award, the Decision Analysis Society's 
Frank P. Ramsey Medal, and the American Psychological Foundation's Gold 
Medal for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology. Among his many 
influential publications are the seminal texts Games and Decisions 
(1957) and Individual Choice Behavior (1959), both of which remain in 
widespread academic use. His pioneering work in game and choice theory 
has resulted in dramatic advances in the fields of economics and 
psychology, and is applied to a variety of disciplines, including the 
analysis and prediction of stock market fluctuations.
  Professor Luce has made vital contributions to Orange County in the 
course of his 20 years of service at the University of California-
Irvine. He first came to UCI in 1972 before leaving in 1975 to serve in 
a variety of positions at the forefront of mathematical research at 
some of the Nation's finest universities, including the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Harvard University, and 
the University of Pennsylvania. In 1988, he returned to Irvine, where 
he created UCl's Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, 
thereby reinforcing the campus's reputation as a leader in that field. 
He has served on search committees for three UCI chancellors.
  Mr. Speaker, I know that all of our colleagues join me in paying 
tribute to Dr. R. Duncan Luce. In behalf of all of us in the United 
States Congress, I am pleased to recognize Professor Luce's remarkable 
achievements, and to thank him and his family for all that they have 
given to the improvement of learning and the betterment of our society.

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