[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E191]
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                       HONORING DR. ROBERT ATLAS

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 19, 2019

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that 
I honor the distinguished career and retirement of Dr. Robert Atlas.
  Dr. Atlas has served our nation for more than 40 years as a federal 
employee. He retires as the Director of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic 
and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), where he has transformed AOML 
into a world class scientific organization focused on NOAA's mission 
and national needs.
  Dr. Atlas received his Ph.D. in Meteorology and Oceanography in 1976 
from New York University. Throughout his career, he has served our 
nation as head of the NASA Data Assimilation Office and as Chief 
Meteorologist at NASA GSFC. He was also a key member of the team that 
first demonstrated the significant impact of quantitative satellite 
data on numerical weather prediction.
  Dr. Atlas has been committed to diversity, inclusion and equal 
opportunity, and under his leadership, AMOL has received several NOAA 
awards and is the most diverse of all NOAA laboratories.
  I have had the pleasure of working directly with Dr. Atlas to inform 
the public of the upcoming Hurricane Season each year. His 
professionalism is unmatched, and I am grateful for his unwavering 
commitment to keeping Americans safe.
  I am proud today to honor his leadership and wish him and his family 
well on his retirement.

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