[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN HONOR OF DR. EILENE GALLOWAY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2006

  Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
American, Dr. Eilene Marie Galloway, on her 100th birthday. Dr. 
Galloway has lived a life of distinguished service to this Nation and 
to her profession, and it is fitting that we pause to recognize her 
accomplishments and to wish her well as she attains this significant 
milestone.
  Dr. Galloway was born Eilene Marie Slack in Kansas City, Missouri on 
May 4, 1906--less than three years after the Wright Brothers achieved 
the first airplane flight. She married George Galloway in 1924. They 
had two sons, David and Jonathon, who have given her six grandchildren 
and five great-grandchildren. Dr. Galloway graduated from Swarthmore 
College in 1928 and holds honorary doctorates from Swarthmore and Lake 
Forest College. She is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
  Throughout her professional career, Dr. Galloway has been an 
influential force in the development and analysis of domestic and 
international space policy and law. When Sputnik was launched on 
October 4, 1957, she was working as a Senior Specialist in 
International Relations for the Legislative Reference Service (the 
forerunner of today's Congressional Research Service) at the Library of 
Congress. She was immediately asked to work with Senate Majority Leader 
Lyndon B. Johnson and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard 
Russell to develop America's response to the Soviet Union's space 
initiative. In that capacity, she helped to draft the National 
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which established NASA and has 
remained an enduring framework for U.S. civil space policy.
  From that time forward, Dr. Galloway has worked tirelessly with the 
U.S. Congress and as a consultant to NASA, the Federal Communications 
Commission, and the State Department to assess alternatives and develop 
approaches for U.S. and international space policy and law regarding 
the exploration and utilization of outer space. The international 
aspects of space activities have been a major recurring theme of Dr. 
Galloway's work. For example, she served as a consultant to Majority 
Leader Johnson in 1958 when he addressed the United Nations and 
recommended the creation of a Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 
(COPUOS). She has worked with COPUOS for decades, whether serving as 
part of the U.S. delegation or as liaison to COPUOS for the 
International Astronautical Federation (IAF). During that time, 
she helped draft the U.N. treaties that govern exploration of outer 
space, the Moon, and other celestial bodies. She also was instrumental 
in creating the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) in 1958, 
which has served as the forum for legal scholars and others from around 
the world to debate the myriad legal issues associated with space 
exploration and utilization.

  Dr. Galloway has continued to be an active participant in space 
policy and space law debates for almost five decades, as well as 
serving as a resource to researchers and the media on historical and 
current space policy issues and mentoring new members of the space 
policy and space law communities. Her contributions to her profession 
have led to her selection as an Honorary Fellow of the American 
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics--the highest rank possible in 
the Institute, election as a Fellow of the American Astronautical 
Society, receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 
International Institute of Space Law, receipt of the Theodore Von 
Karman Award from the International Academy of Astronautics, receipt of 
the Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Aerospace and numerous 
other awards and citations.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Eilene Marie Galloway has served her profession and 
this country with distinction for many years. She is a worthy role 
model for young women and men everywhere, and she is an inspiration to 
all of us. I know my colleagues in the U.S. Congress join me in wishing 
Dr. Galloway a very happy 100th birthday.

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