[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO EDWARD TELLER ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 
         CELEBRATION OF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 3, 2002

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
American, a renowned scientist, a national icon, and a resident of the 
distinguished 14th Congressional District, Dr. Edward Teller.
  Hailed as one of the most thoughtful statesmen of science and 
recognized by his scientific colleagues as one of the most imaginative 
and creative physicists alive, Edward Teller has led an extraordinary 
career. Born into a Jewish family on January 15, 1908 in Budapest, 
Hungary, Edward Teller grew up during a particularly turbulent time in 
Hungarian history when a virulently anti-semitic fascist dictator ruled 
the country. Edward Teller left his homeland in 1926 to study in 
Germany and received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the 
University of Leipzig in 1930. Soon after the rise of Hitler, Edward 
Teller left Germany and immigrated to the United States to take a 
teaching position at George Washington University and pursue his 
research in quantum mechanics. The rest as they say, ``is history.''
  Dr. Teller has led one of the most distinguished careers in science. 
Most widely known for his significant contributions to the first 
demonstration of thermonuclear energy, Dr. Teller also made enormous 
contributions to quantum theory, molecular physics and astrophysics. 
Since the early 1950's, Dr. Teller has been concerned with national 
defense. He served as a member of the General Advisory Committee of the 
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1956 to 1958) and was Chairman of the 
first Nuclear Reaction Safeguard Committee. Dr. Teller also served as 
Associate Director at the new Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
from 1954 to 1958 and became Director in 1958.
  Edward Teller has earned numerous honors . . . the Albert Einstein 
Award, the Enrico Fermi Award, the Harvey Prize from the Technion-
Israel Institute, and the National Medal of Science.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Edward Teller 
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory which he helped found. We're a better, 
more scientifically advanced, and safer nation because of Dr. Teller 
and his extraordinary accomplishments.

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