[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25384]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF THE CHIAN FEDERATION ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 30TH 
                ANNIVERSARY AND 27TH HOMERIC AWARD GALA

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 19, 2004

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the Chian 
Federation, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. Since its founding 
in 1974, the Chian Federation has educated and empowered the Hellenic 
American community to exercise their rights and fulfill their 
obligations as American citizens. The Chian Federation has a strong 
record of advocating human rights and striving to promote democratic 
ideals. The members of the board of this outstanding organization are: 
Alexandros Doulis, President, Stavros Haviaras, Executive Vice 
President, Mike Frezoulis, First Vice President, John Monogioudis, 
Second Vice President George Arnitsis, Executive Secretary, Kalliopi 
Volikas-Theodoropoulos, General Secretary, Nikolaos Papagiannakis, CFO, 
John Stoupakis, Treasurer, Kostas Potamousis, Assistant Treasurer, and 
Elsa Tsartsidou, Director of the Federation's Cultural Center. In 
addition to its political objectives, the organization takes pride in 
its dance group, cultural events, website, magazine, business card 
exchanges, food, clothing and toy drives, Senior Citizens' breakfast 
and lectures on topics ranging from archaeology to health care.
  The Federation's accomplishments extend beyond the borders of the 
United States. On Chios, The Chian Federation has financially aided 
nursing homes, environmental groups for reforestation of the island, 
the Korais Library and the Office of the Repatriated Chians 
Organization, in addition to making substantial donations to the 
educational and health systems of Chios.
  In 1977, the Chian Federation established the Homeric Award to 
recognize individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the 
Hellenic community. This year's Homeric Award recipient is Stamatios M. 
``Tom'' Krimigis. The former Head of the Space Department of The Johns 
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Dr. Krimigis' research 
interests include the earth's environment and magnetosphere; the sun; 
the interplanetary medium; and the magnetospheres of the planets and 
other astrophysical objects. He has been Principal Investigator or Co-
Investigator on several NASA space missions, including the Low Energy 
Charged Particle Experiment on Voyagers 1 and 2 and the Active 
Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer, a collaborative program that 
created the first man-made comet on December 27, 1984.
  Dr. Krimigis is the author of more than 370 academic papers; was 
awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1981 
and 1986; and has received more than thirty NASA Group Achievement 
Awards for his work on the Voyager, AMPTE, Galileo, Ulysses, Cassini, 
and ACE projects. Dr. Krimigis has also been a member of the National 
Academy of Sciences' Space Science Board; Chairman of the Board's 
Committee on Solar and Space Physics; a member of NASA's Space Science 
and Applications Advisory Committees; a Fellow of the American 
Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society, and the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science; an Associate Fellow of the 
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and trustee of the 
International Academy of Astronautics. He received the International 
Academy of Astronautics Basic Sciences Award and the AHEPA Academy 
Prize, both in 1994. At the World Space Congress in 2002, he was 
presented with the COSPAR Space Science Award, the highest honor that 
the worldwide space science community can bestow. In November 2004, he 
was presented with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory 
Lifetime Achievement Award. He has participated as member or Chairman 
in many national and international conferences in space science and 
space systems management, has delivered more than 1,100 talks on these 
topics, and has lectured in major conferences and National Academies in 
all five continents. The International Astronomical Union in 1999 named 
asteroid ``8323 Krimigis'' in his honor. The President of the Hellenic 
Republic awarded Dr. Krimigis the Gold Cross ``Commandeur de l' Ordre 
du Phoenix'' in 1997. Also, the American Hellenic Institute honored him 
with its ``Hellenic Heritage Achievement Award'' in Washington in 1998.
  Dr. Krimigis has often testified before Congressional Committees on 
issues of Space Science and Technology and has been a member or 
chairman of many advisory committees for the U.S. government. He is 
often quoted in national and international media on space science and 
technology issues, most recently on the Voyager crossing of the 
heliospheric termination shock and the Cassini orbits of Saturn. His 
work on Voyager has been featured as front-page news in the New York 
Times three times and has appeared in many other newspapers and 
magazines throughout the world. He is listed in Who's Who in America, 
Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and 
Technology, Who's Who in Technology Today, Personalities of America, 
American Men and Women of Science, Men of Achievement, International 
Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement and the Dictionary of 
International Biography.
  Dr. Krimigis is truly a man ``axios'' (worthy) of the Homeric Award 
and I offer him my best wishes for many more years of outstanding 
achievements.
  I ask my colleges to join me recognizing the Chian Federation and its 
honoree, Dr. Tom Krimigis.

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