[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 88 (Friday, May 20, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E547]
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                        HONORING ELLIOTT TANNER

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                            HON. ILHAN OMAR

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 20, 2022

  Ms. OMAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a special young man, a 
brilliant one, so brilliant that he started attending college at the 
age of 9 and is one of the youngest college graduates in American 
history, and the youngest in the state of Minnesota to earn a 
bachelor's degree.
  Elliott Tanner is the name of this brilliant young man who, at the 
age of 13, recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 
Physics and minor in mathmatics from the University of Minnesota. Later 
this fall, Elliott will be pursuing his Doctorate at the University of 
Minnesota's PhD program for physics where he is on path to becoming 
their youngest PhD candidate ever.
  Elliott one day hopes to teach at his alma mater but before that, he 
has the ambitions of becoming a high energy theoretical physicist with 
a main interest in neutrino physics or subatomic particles with no 
electric charge.
  It is with great pleasure that I get to recognize Elliott for his 
achievement at such a young age. I would also like to recognize his 
mother and father, Michelle and Patrik Tanner for their hard work and 
sacrifices. I congratulate Elliott on graduating. I wish him the best 
of luck during his PhD program and look forward to the difference he 
will make in this world.

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