[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11991-11992]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           OSCAR REISS, Ph.D.

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 7, 2016

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor 
Oscar Reiss, Ph.D. and World War II Army veteran for his service to our 
country.
  Dr. Reiss served in the United States Army from January 1944 to 1947. 
During his time he was assigned as a replacement to the 79th Infantry, 
315th Division B Company, in Alsace, France, guarding the right flank 
during the Battle of the Bulge. His company was transported to a small 
town in the Netherlands, near the German border to practice crossing 
the Rhine in confiscated German boats. In 1945, he was wounded by 
shrapnel and taken to a hospital in Liege, Belgium. He was later 
awarded the Purple Heart for these injuries. His awards and decorations 
include the Silver Star Medal, the Purple Heart Medal, the Army Good 
Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with 2 
bronze service stars), World War II Victory Medal, the Army of 
Occupation of Germany Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel WWII pin.
  In 1947, after being discharged from the U.S. Army he returned to the 
U.S. and was accepted to the University of Chicago chemistry program, 
beginning his long career in medical research. Dr. Reiss received his 
Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and continued his postdoctoral 
fellowship with the American Heart Association's Department of 
Cardiology. Dr. Reiss's decades long service in environmental 
biochemistry and medicine culminated

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in 1991. During his distinguished career he served as a lecturer in 
various courses on environmental and dental biochemistry at the 
University of Colorado Medical School and taught foreign seminars, most 
notably in Germany, France and Bulgaria. Through his courageous service 
in the military and medical fields, Dr. Reiss charted the path for 
future generations in this country.
  I extend my deepest appreciation to Dr. Reiss for his dedication, 
integrity and outstanding service to the United States of America.

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