[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1169]
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                 HONORING DEBORAH JIN AND LINDA CORDELL

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 8, 2005

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two 
women, Deborah Jin and Linda Cordell, from Boulder, Colorado, who were 
recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
  Deborah Jin, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology and an associate adjunct professor in the Physics Department 
at the University of Colorado, is one of the youngest women elected to 
the National Academy of Sciences.
  She came to Boulder as a postdoctoral student in 1995. In 2003 she 
won what is commonly called the ``genius grant,'' a $500,000 MacArthur 
Fellowship for her work with ultracold atoms. One of the three criteria 
for receiving this award is that the candidate show exceptional 
creativity. Dr. Jin's career is a testament to her creativity. In 2004, 
she and her team won an international race to create a fermionic 
condensate made from a tiny cluster of super-cold potassium atoms which 
is used to better understand super conductors.
  Linda Cordell is the director of the University of Colorado Museum 
and a professor of archaeology at CU. Her research interests include 
the archaeology of Pueblo people in the southwest, specifically the 
agricultural and settlement strategies of ancestral Pueblo peoples of 
New Mexico. She also studies how large villages supported themselves in 
times of unpredictable precipitation.
  Members of the National Academy of Sciences make up the most 
accomplished scientists in our country and election to the academy is 
one of the highest honors for any scientist. At a time when we are 
seeing fewer young people, particularly women, entering into the 
science disciplines, these scientists are taking their creativity and 
skill to inspire our youth.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commending Deborah Jin 
and Linda Cordell for their achievements in science and offer 
congratulations on their new post as members of the National Academy of 
Sciences.

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