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


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                       TRIBUTE TO DR. LEE HATWELL

  (Mr. BAIRD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1


minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAIRD. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today and pay tribute to 
one of Washington State's leading citizens, Dr. Lee Hartwell.
  I join my colleagues in honoring Dr. Hartwell for winning the Nobel 
prize in Physiology or Medicine. This award, as we all know, is 
recognized as one of the world's most distinguished honors for those 
involved in basic medicine and clinical research.
  During his more than 30 years involved in groundbreaking research 
studying cell division and its relation to cancer, Dr. Hartwell has won 
numerous awards, including the Massry Prize, the American Cancer 
Society's Medal of Honor Basic Research Award, the General Motors Sloan 
Award, the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Prize, the Leopold 
Griffuel Prize, and the Gardiner Foundation International Award for 
Achievements in Science, and now the Nobel Prize.
  Much of Dr. Hartwell's pioneering research has been conducted at the 
University of Washington. He began his service with the university in 
1968 and has been Professor of Genetics since 1973. Twenty-three years 
later, Dr. Hartwell joined the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer 
Center, and in 1997 became its president and director.
  Since it opened its doors in 1975, the research undertaken by the 
Hutchinson Center has given hope and extended life to thousands of 
people. My cousin is among one of those whose life was so extended, and 
I am deeply grateful, and I join my colleagues in honoring Dr. Hartwell 
for his life's work and becoming the recipient of the Nobel Prize.

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