[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 2, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND ALICIA NASH

  (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in memory of Princeton 
University mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., and his wife, Alicia, 
two beloved members of the Princeton, New Jersey, community, who died 
tragically over the Memorial Day weekend.
  Many of us knew Dr. Nash for his groundbreaking, award-winning work 
in mathematics, his practical contributions to economic theory, and his 
journey to conquer mental illness.
  Many more learned his story through its passionate portrayal in ``A 
Beautiful Mind.''
  He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize, and had just returned from 
celebrating his receipt of mathematics' highest honor, the Abel Prize.
  A University of Chicago economist, Roger Myerson, described Mr. 
Nash's theories as equivalent to ``that of the discovery of the DNA 
double helix in the biological sciences.''
  But in New Jersey, we knew both Dr. Nash and Alicia Nash for their 
kindness, their humility, their devotion to the community, and the many 
other ways they remained so down to earth after accomplishments that 
drew international praise and recognition.

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