[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 29, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A TRIBUTE TO DR. R. SANDLIN LOWE III

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 29, 2009

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Dr. R. 
Sandlin Lowe III, a faculty member of the New York University School of 
Medicine.
  Dr. Lowe was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama and grew up on the 
family farm in Coosa County, the poorest county in Alabama. He was 
influenced greatly by his grandfather, Braxton Hughes Smith, who as a 
Christian man taught him much about faith and patience, hard work and 
perseverance; a farmer lives out these things every day. The work on 
the farm was done by hand with mules pulling the ploughs through the 
earth and men coming to pick the cotton and corn that grew. It was a 
life out of Faulkner--trips to the blacksmith's shed to reshape and 
sharpen ploughshares, killing hogs in the winters, the spring plantings 
and the eventide hymns as men finished the day's work--a wondrous 
grounding.
  The College and Medical School at Tulane University in New Orleans 
followed where the interests in human nature and all things human found 
outlets in anthropology and then later medicine, sparked interest in 
Dr. Lowe. While attending medical school, Dr. Lowe came to New York 
City to Bellevue Hospital in the fall of 1986--he has been affiliated 
with Bellevue either as a student, intern, resident or attending 
physician ever since.
  Currently a member of the Faculty of the New York University School 
of Medicine, Dr. Lowe's interests and work in brain injury and autism 
are personal. His research at the Brain Research Laboratories with his 
recently deceased friend, Roy John, and his work with his mentor and 
friend, Rodolfo Llinas, in the Department of Physiology and 
Neuroscience have led to an innovative theory of coma and vegetative 
states that is strangely enough applicable to autism spectrum 
conditions. Dr. Lowe continues his work on this issue in hopes that 
this work will continue to bear fruit.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing Dr. R. 
Sandlin Lowe III.

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