[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24225-24226]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRATULATING THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, Senator Lieberman and I extend 
congratulations to the Center for Excellence in Education, and its 
president, Joann DiGennaro, for the achievements of its educational 
programs to nurture young scholars of careers of excellence and 
leadership in science and technology.
  The Center's Research Science Institute, held on the campuses of the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of 
Technology, are nationally recognized for promoting this nation's 
competitive future in math, science, engineering and technology and for 
encouraging international understanding among future leaders. To date, 
over 1,500 U.S. students, including students from the U.S. Department 
of Defense Overseas

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Schools and student representatives from 46 nations have benefited from 
the Center's programs. They remain the only U.S. programs sponsored at 
no cost to students, who are competitively chosen to attend. The Center 
boasts of more winners and honorees of the Intel Talent Search 
competition than any other U.S. organization.
  The USA Biology Olympiad has been sponsored in this Nation by the 
Center for 2 years. Over 5,000 students competed in the Center's USABO 
this past summer, from which four outstanding high school students 
represented the U.S. in the International Biology Olympiad in 
Australia. For the first time in the 15-year history of the IBO, a 
four-member team was awarded four gold medals.
  We are proud that the Center for Excellence in Education has 
encouraged talented U.S. high school students to succeed in one of the 
premier world scientific competitions, and would like to take this 
opportunity to congratulate each one of the Gold Medalists:

       Kay Aull, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and 
     Technology, Alexandria, VA
       ZeNan Chang, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA
       Clinton Hansen, Oneida High School, Oneida, NY
       Brad Hargreaves, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, 
     Shreveport, LA

  We also congratulate the two coaches of the USABO:

       Dr. Alan Christensen of George Mason University, and
       Dr. William Stuart of the University of Maryland.

  We appreciate this opportunity to recognize the Center for Excellence 
in Education for its 22 years as an outstanding nonprofit educational 
organization. The late Admiral H.G. Rickover, father of the nuclear 
powered submarine, can be proud of the organization which he 
established in 1983.

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