[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 102 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1596-E1597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN HONOR OF DR. JOSE MANUEL RODRIGUEZ DELGADO

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 25, 2005

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, August 8th is the 90th birthday of an 
outstanding American scientist who deserves to be recognized and 
remembered. I wish to recognize Dr. Jose Delgado's scientific 
achievements and contributions to our understanding of the brain and 
human behavior. He has been a pioneer in the exploration of brain 
function, including how our minds work based on electrical and chemical 
studies in many animal species.
  Dr. Jose Delgado was born in Ronda, Spain. At the age of 22 he joined 
the Republican army fighting against Franco as a military doctor, and 
toward the end of the Spanish Civil War was interned in a concentration 
camp from which he escaped twice and was

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later released. He was invited to the United States by Professor John 
Fulton, as a Spanish Research Council Fellow, and later was a James 
Hudson Brown Fellow, and an Assistant, Associate and then Full 
Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry at the Yale University Medical 
School.
  For 25 years Dr. Delgado taught and did breakthrough research at the 
Yale Medical School, and then returned to Spain and organized a brain 
research institute at the Ramon y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, bringing 
together an international group of over 100 scientists. His major 
methodological innovations include: Permanent implantation of 
electrodes in the brain; intracerebral Chemitrodes and Dialytrodes; 
Cardiac pacemaker implantation; brain pacemakers; brain radio 
stimulators; two-way radio communication brain-to-computer; time-lapse 
recording of social behavior in monkey colonies; and the design and 
application of non-invasive electromagnetic devices for the 
investigation of biological effects and application of therapeutical 
uses.
  Dr. Jose Delgado's main goals have been to alleviate pain and 
diminish aggression and human suffering. His discoveries have resulted 
in over 500 research publications and 6 books, enriching our lives, 
knowledge of brain development, and how we can educate our children 
toward what he called a Psychocivilized Society. Among many others, he 
received the following honors: Countess of Maudes Prize (1944), Roel 
Prize (1945), Member Sigma Xi Society (1951), Ramon y Cajal Prize 
(1952), Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences (1955), Guggenheim Fellow 
(1963), Master of Arts, Yale University (1967), Salmon Lecturer, New 
York Academy of Sciences (1968), Gold Metal Exhibit Award, American 
Psychiatry Society (1971), Alfonso X EI Sabio Medal (1972), Gold Metal 
Award, International Society of Biological Psychiatry (1974), Rodriguez 
Pascual Prize (1975), Adolf Meyer Lecturer, American Psychiatric 
Association (1979), Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine and 
Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila (1980), Humanist Laureate, 
The Academy of Humanism (1985), Favorite Son of Ronda, Spain (1985), 
Academician, Royal Academy of Doctors, Madrid, Spain (1986), the name 
of `Rodriguez Delgado' is given to Public School No. 2 in Ronda, Spain 
(1988), Favorite Son of Andalucia (1988), Author of the Year, ``EI 
Medico'' Prize, Madrid, Spain (1989), Favorite Son of Malaga (1996), 
Century Award, International Organization of Psychophysiology (1998), 
Gold Medal, Ateneo of Malaga (1999), Doctor Honoris Causa, University 
of Granada, Spain (1999).
  Dr. Delgado is now living in San Diego, California, and we celebrate 
his return to the United States. We wish him and his family a very 
happy 90th birthday celebration, and many more fruitful and rewarding 
years.

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