[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 29 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E226-E227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE 2012 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS' CHARTER FELLOWS

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                         HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 28, 2013

  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 101 inventors 
who were recently recognized at the University of South Florida in 
Tampa and inducted as the 2012 National Academy of Inventors' Charter 
Fellows by the United States Commissioner of Patents, Margaret A. 
Focarino. In order to be named as a Charter Fellow, these men and women 
were nominated by their peers and have undergone the scrutiny of the 
NAI Selection Committee, having had their innovations deemed as making 
significant impact on quality of life, economic development, and 
welfare of society. Collectively, this elite group holds more than 
3,200 patents.
  The individuals making up this year's class of Charter Fellows 
include individuals from 56 research universities and non-profit 
research institutes spanning not just the United States but also the 
world. This group of inductees touts eight Nobel Laureates, 14 
presidents of research universities and non-profit research institutes, 
53 members of the National Academies, 11 inductees of the National 
Inventors Hall of Fame, two Fellows of the Royal Society, five 
recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, four 
recipients of the National Medal of Science, and 31 AAAS Fellows, among 
other major awards and distinctions.
  The contributions made to society through innovation are 
immeasurable. I commend these individuals, and the organizations that 
support them, for the work that they do to revolutionize the world we 
live in. As the following inventors are inducted, may it encourage 
future innovators to strive to meet this high honor and continue the 
spirit of innovation.
  The 2012 NAI Charter Fellows include:

       Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati; Anthony Atala, 
     Wake Forest University; Benton F. Baugh, University of 
     Houston; Khosrow Behbehani, University of Texas at Arlington; 
     Raymond J. Bergeron, University of Florida; Gerardine G. 
     Botte, Ohio University; Robert H. Brown, Jr., University of 
     Massachusetts Medical Center; Robert L. Byer, Stanford 
     University; Sir Roy Calne, University of Cambridge; Curtis R. 
     Carlson, SRI International.
       Nai Yuen Chen, University of Texas at Arlington; Stephen Z. 
     D. Cheng, The University of Akron; Paul C. W. Chu, University 
     of Houston; James J. Collins, Boston University; James G. 
     Conley, Northwestern University; Joseph T. Coyle, Harvard 
     University; James E. Dahlberg, University of Wisconsin-
     Madison; Roger J. Davis, University of Massachusetts Medical 
     Center; Sandra J. F. Degen, University of Cincinnati; Hector 
     F. DeLuca, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
       Donn M. Dennis, University of Florida; Akira Endo, Tokyo 
     University of Agriculture & Technology; Howard J. Federoff, 
     Georgetown University; Thomas J. Fogarty, Fogarty Institute 
     for Innovation; Kenneth M. Ford, Institute for Human & 
     Machine Cognition; Eric R. Fossum, Dartmouth College; Robert 
     C. Gallo, University of Maryland; Alan N. Gent, The 
     University of Akron; Morteza Gharib, California Institute of 
     Technology; Ivar Giaever, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
       Barbara A. Gilchrest, Boston University; Richard D. Gitlin, 
     University of South Florida; Leonid B. Glebov, University of 
     Central Florida; D. Yogi Goswami, University of South 
     Florida; Mark W. Grinstaff, Boston University; Greg 
     Hampikian, Boise State University; Barbara C. Hansen, 
     University of South Florida; Patrick T. Harker, University of 
     Delaware; Martin E. Hellman, Stanford University; Nick 
     Holonyak, Jr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
       Leroy E. Hood, Institute for Systems Biology; Richard A. 
     Houghten, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies; 
     Ernest B. Izevbigie, Jackson State University; Stephen C. 
     Jacobsen, University of Utah; Eric W. Kaler, University of 
     Minnesota; Linda P. B. Katehi, University of California, 
     Davis; Joseph P. Kennedy, The University of Akron; Sakhrat 
     Khizroev, Florida International University; Sung Wan Kim, 
     University of Utah; George V. Kondraske, University of Texas 
     at Arlington.
       John J. Kopchick, Ohio University; Roger D. Kornberg, 
     Stanford University; Max G. Lagally, University of Wisconsin-
     Madison; Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of 
     Technology; Brian A. Larkins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; 
     Victor B. Lawrence, Stevens Institute of Technology; Virginia 
     M.-Y. Lee, University of Pennsylvania; Jean-Marie Pierre 
     Lehn, University of Strasbourg; Shinn-Zong Lin, China Medical 
     University; Thomas A. Lipo, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
       Barbara H. Liskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 
     Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research 
     Institute; R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M University; Dan Luss, 
     University of Houston; Robert Magnusson, University of Texas 
     at Arlington; Richard B. Marchase, University of Alabama at 
     Birmingham; Stephen W. S. McKeever, Oklahoma State 
     University; Craig C. Mello, University of Massachusetts 
     Medical Center; Shyam Mohapatra, University of South Florida; 
     Theodore D. Moustakas, Boston University.
       George R. Newkome, The University of Akron; C. L. Max 
     Nikias, University of Southern California; David P. Norton, 
     University of Florida; Julio C. Palmaz, U. of Texas Health 
     Science Center at San Antonio; Thomas N. Parks, University of 
     Utah; C. Kumar N. Patel, University of California, Los 
     Angeles; Prem S. Paul, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; David 
     W. Pershing, University of Utah; G. P. Peterson, Georgia 
     Institute of Technology; Leonard Polizzotto, Draper 
     Laboratory.
       Huntington Potter, University of Colorado Denver; Paul R. 
     Sanberg, University of South Florida; Timothy D. Sands, 
     Purdue University; Raymond F. Schinazi, Emory University; 
     Dean L. Sicking, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Oliver 
     Smithies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 
     Solomon H. Snyder, Johns Hopkins University; Franky So, 
     University of Florida; M. J. Soileau, University of Central 
     Florida; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida.
       Jack W. Szostak, Harvard University; Esther Sans Takeuchi, 
     Stony Brook University; H. Holden Thorp, University of North 
     Carolina at Chapel Hill; Charles H. Townes, University of 
     California, Berkeley; John Q. Trojanowski, University of 
     Pennsylvania; Roger Y. Tsien, University of California, San 
     Diego; James L. Van Etten, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; 
     James W. Wagner, Emory University; John E. Ware, Jr., 
     University of

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     Massachusetts Medical Center; Herbert Weissbach, Florida 
     Atlantic University; Shin-Tson Wu, University of Central 
     Florida.

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