[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MR. GEORGE CRABTREE

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                            HON. BILL FOSTER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 28, 2023

  Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. George Crabtree, 
an energy trailblazer and fellow scientist whose over five-decade 
career at Argonne National Laboratory advanced a number of scientific 
disciplines and inspired colleagues and friends, here and around the 
world.
  Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, George eventually moved to 
Illinois where he graduated from Proviso West High School. He 
ultimately joined Argonne National Laboratory as a lab technician in 
1964 and received his Ph.D.
  George was widely recognized and admired as a brilliant materials 
scientist and champion of superconducting materials and better 
batteries. As director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Center 
for Energy Storage Research, George bolstered the national agenda to 
tackle the climate crisis and build a clean and equitable energy 
economy. He helped pioneer early research into high-temperature 
superconductors and in them, he discovered new phases of 
superconducting vortex matter. George's research on superconductors 
gained him recognition as a member of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the National 
Academy of Sciences.
  In addition to his work at Argonne, George was a professor of physics 
at Northern Illinois University for 13 years and a Professor of Physics 
at the University of Illinois at Chicago for 12 years.
  George was a luminary in every sense of the word, and his work and 
dedication to the global scientific community will not be forgotten. 
Mr. Speaker, please join me as I celebrate the life and legacy of Mr. 
George Crabtree.

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