[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22947]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO DR. LEE HARTWELL

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                     HON. GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR.

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2001

  Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Dr. Lee 
Hartwell, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research 
Center in Seattle, Washington. On October 8, 2001, Dr. Hartwell was 
awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  Dr. Hartwell is a pioneer in the biomedical research community and 
Washington State is proud to have his leadership. Thirty years of 
diligent research to understand cell division and the cell cycle has 
led to this significant accomplishment. Dr. Hartwell's work now forms 
the basis of our understanding on how cells divide and of the molecular 
basis of cancer.
  I am confident that his findings will result in more effective cancer 
treatments and eventually save lives. His accomplishments in this area 
remind us in Congress that federal support for basic biomedical 
research must remain on the forefront of our National agenda.
  We have always known Dr. Hartwell to be a leader for the biomedical 
research community in the Pacific Northwest. Now, the world knows what 
a true visionary we have in our state.

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