[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E400]
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                       HONORING DR. JAMES WILSON

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2007

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. James Wilson, 
director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT 
Southwestern Medical Center.
  Dr. Wilson has recently been appointed to the National Cancer 
Institute's board of scientific advisors due to his outstanding 
achievements in the field of medicine. As a medical expert on the 
panel, he will be advising the NCI director on a variety of issues 
concerning scientific program policy, as well as the progress and 
future direction of extramural research programs of the cancer 
institute. As a UT Southwestern Medical Center alumnus, it is with 
great honor that I am able to congratulate Dr. James Wilson on his 
prestigious appointment. His intelligence and dedication to the field 
of science and medicine has proven him to be an outstanding professor 
and mentor. Dr. Wilson is an inspiration and a role model to many, and 
I am proud to represent him in Congress.

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