[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11650]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO MARK ABBOTT

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                          HON. DARLENE HOOLEY

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 16, 2006

  Ms. HOOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mark Abbott, 
Dean of the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State 
University, on his nomination to the National Science Board. Oregon has 
long benefited from Dean Abbott's impressive scientific knowledge and I 
am delighted that he will now have the opportunity to share this 
insight with the rest of the country.
  We in Congress have already benefited from Dean Abbott's scientific 
expertise. In July, 2002, he testified before the House Committee on 
Science's Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards about 
satellite data management at NOAA from the perspective of the Earth 
science community.
  During his time at Oregon State, Dean Abbott's research has been 
focused on the interaction of biological and physical processes in the 
upper ocean. He has been a pioneer in the use of satellite ocean color 
data to study coupled physical/biological processes and he has also 
advised the Office of Naval Research and the National Science 
Foundation on ocean information infrastructure. Dean Abbott was also 
recently appointed a co-chair of the State of Oregon's Climate Change 
Integration Group. This panel, appointed by Oregon Governor Ted 
Kulongoski, has been charged with tracking the State's progress on 
greenhouse gas emission reductions and looking at future economic and 
societal implications of climate change.
  The National Science Board is the governing body of the National 
Science Foundation, an independent federal agency established to 
promote the progress of science, advance the national health, 
prosperity, and welfare, and secure the national defense. The National 
Science Board has the duel responsibilities of serving as the national 
science policy advisor to the President and the Congress and serving as 
the governing board of the National Science Foundation.
  Today, the Nation and the world are confronted with many questions 
about the possible impacts that human behavior is having on the 
environment. We need to make sure that our policy decisions are based 
on science and not the other way around. With Mark Abbott and others 
like him serving on the National Science Board, I know that this will 
continue to be the case.

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