[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 13, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


CONGRATULATING PROFESSOR ELINOR OSTROM ON RECEIVING THE NOBEL MEMORIAL 
                       PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

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                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 13, 2009

  Ms. HILL. Madam Speaker, on October 12, 2009, Indiana University 
Professor Elinor Ostrom became the first woman in the forty-one year 
history of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to receive the 
award. Prof. Ostrom's ground breaking research on the management of 
common pool goods has shown her commitment to original and progressive 
thinking in the field of economic sciences. I am particularly proud of 
Prof. Ostrom's achievements as Indiana University is located in the 
Southern Indiana congressional district that I am so proud to 
represent.
  Prof. Ostrom, a member of Indiana University's faculty since 1965, 
has a history of leading her field in scientific research. She co-
founded the workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and is 
also the first woman to chair Indiana University's Department of 
Political Science. She currently serves as the Arthur F. Bentley 
professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences as 
well as a Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs 
at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
  Having been the first woman to win the Johan Skytte Prize in 
Political Science, as well as the William H. Riker Prize in Political 
Science, it is no surprise that she has now received the prestigious 
Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences. Her dedication and 
innovative thinking can serve as a model for all those who seek to 
achieve original solutions in their respective fields.

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