[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 24, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2653-S2654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        REMEMBERING GEORGE COWAN

 Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, today I wish to speak about the 
life of George Cowan who died last Friday in Los Alamos at the age of 
92.
  From 1949 through 1988, he distinguished himself at the Los Alamos 
National Laboratory where he was a scientist--a nuclear chemist--and a 
senior administrator.
  In 1984, he was instrumental in founding The Santa Fe Institute which 
has achieved great recognition for its work in complexity and self-
organizing systems.

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  A Founding Director of the Los Alamos National Bank, he was one of 
the several leaders in that community who labored to bring banking to a 
town that was considered ``temporary'' and not deserving of its own 
bank. In 1963, LANB was chartered and has grown to be one of the 
leading financial institutions in New Mexico. At his death, George was 
still serving on the Board of Directors.
  George's interests and contributions are too numerous to detail in 
these brief comments, but I will mention his passion to understand the 
keys to the early development of children. He believed there were great 
benefits society could reap by giving more attention to successful 
models of early childhood education.
  George's life and work were invaluable to our Nation and to my home 
State of New Mexico. I was proud to count him as a friend, and prouder 
still that he considered me one. I join the many others who will miss 
him.

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