[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16869-16870]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO DR. PETER STANG

 Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I wish to formally congratulate Dr. 
Peter Stang of the University of Utah for being awarded the National 
Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States upon 
scientists.
  Dr. Stang has been a pioneer in his field, developing methods of 
creating molecular nano-devices that construct themselves from 
combinations of chemical building blocks. These devices hold the 
promise of eventually being used in many revolutionary ways, from 
enabling artificial photosynthesis to delivering medicine directly to 
specific individual cells in the human body.
  In 1957, Dr. Stang's family fled to the United States from Hungary to 
escape the violent clashes between Hungarians and the Soviet Union. The 
greatness of

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the American spirit is reflected in the fact that this young immigrant 
became one of the nation's top scientists and is now being recognized 
by the leader of the free world.
  I thank Dr. Stang for his tremendous efforts to improve our way of 
life.

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