[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 23330-23331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR DANIEL J. McFADDEN ON WINNING NOBEL PRIZE 
                             FOR ECONOMICS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to recognize and to 
congratulate a distinguished member of the University of California at 
Berkeley, Professor Daniel J. McFadden.
  Last week, Professor McFadden, along with Professor James Heckman of 
the University of Chicago, received the Nobel Prize for Economics.
  Together, through their research and observations, they have 
contributed significantly to the understanding of individual and 
societal behavior. Their vital work cuts across disciplinary barriers 
and greatly enhances our understanding of economics and public policy.
  Prior to joining the world of the academic and social sciences 
community at the University of California at Berkeley in 1963, 
Professor McFadden, like many of us, attended public school.
  As a young man during his college years, he was always attracted to 
the studies of human behavior. His passion for the field of behavioral 
sciences and the drive to learn and analyze human behavior helped 
launch an ambitious career and a lifelong commitment to the study of 
behavioral and social sciences.
  Subsequently, Dr. McFadden developed and linked these behavioral 
theories to mathematics, statistics, and economics.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud and honored to congratulate and recognize 
Professor McFadden for this lifetime of achievements. His dedication 
and his outstanding work in economics have

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contributed significantly to our society.
  The implications of his research extend far beyond the ivory tower. 
Because of his efforts, governmental agencies and city planners in the 
United States are able to make better decisions about health care 
services, social services, employment programs, transportation, and 
other critical areas of modern life.
  The cities of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay area, for example, owe a 
great deal of the work to Professor McFadden in terms of his research 
in helping to shape the design of our Bay Area Rapid Transit commuter 
train system, which is very crucial to tens of thousands of people for 
their daily commute to work.
  Professor Daniel McFadden joins 16 other Berkeley colleagues as Nobel 
Prize winners. This impressive roster of intellectuals also 
demonstrates the commitment of this university to the larger social and 
economic world. As an alumna of the University of California at 
Berkeley, I am especially proud of these accomplishments.
  Mr. Speaker, once again, I congratulate Professor McFadden for his 
Nobel Prize award. I appreciate having this opportunity to express my 
appreciation for the hard work and commitment of our most recent Nobel 
Prize winner in economics, Professor Daniel J. McFadden.

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