Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 25–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

March 27, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Dini, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Congratulates Dr. John H. Seinfeld for being selected recipient of 2001 Nevada Medal presented by Desert Research Institute and sponsored by shareholders of Nevada Bell. (BDR R‑1493)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Congratulating Dr.John H. Seinfeld for being selected as the recipient of the 2001 Nevada Medal presented by the Desert Research Institute and sponsored by the shareholders of Nevada Bell.

 

1-1    Whereas, The Nevada Medal is an honor presented by the Desert

1-2  Research Institute of the University and Community College System of

1-3  Nevada in recognition of outstanding scientific, engineering and technical

1-4  achievements; and

1-5    Whereas, The Nevada Medal is sponsored by the shareholders of

1-6  Nevada Bell, a brand of SBC Communications, Inc., and a provider of a

1-7  variety of telecommunication services to northern Nevada; and

1-8    Whereas, Dr. John H. Seinfeld, Louis E. Nohl Professor and Professor

1-9  of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, has

1-10  been named as the recipient of the 2001 Nevada Medal; and

1-11    Whereas, Dr. Seinfeld has contributed more to our understanding of

1-12  urban and regional air pollution than any other person, and he has been

2-1  credited with being the primary researcher to have made the study of air

2-2  pollution a science; and

2-3    Whereas, After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester

2-4  University in 1964 and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967, both in

2-5  chemical engineering, Dr. Seinfeld joined the faculty of the California

2-6  Institute of Technology; and

2-7    Whereas, During his years at the California Institute of Technology,

2-8  Dr. Seinfeld was appointed Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering in

2-9  1973, became the Louis E. Nohl Professor in 1980 and is a former

2-10  Chairman of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science; and

2-11    Whereas, Dr. Seinfeld’s early work led to his 1972 landmark papers

2-12  on mathematical models for air pollution, the descendants of which are

2-13  now the fundamental tools used in cities nationwide to describe and

2-14  forecast potential air pollution threats and to design strategies to preserve

2-15  air quality; and

2-16    Whereas, Dr. Seinfeld has been a leading figure in scientific advances

2-17  in understanding the formation, growth and chemistry of aerosols, and he is

2-18  one of the first scientists to describe the chemical processes leading to

2-19  urban ozone; and

2-20    Whereas, In 1982, at the age of 39, Dr. Seinfeld was the youngest

2-21  person ever elected to the National Academy of Engineering for

2-22  outstanding contributions to understanding the atmospheric behavior of

2-23  pollutants and to the development of estimation techniques for dynamic

2-24  systems; and

2-25    Whereas, Dr. Seinfeld is a fellow of the National Academy of Arts and

2-26  Sciences and has published more than 300 papers and 4 critically

2-27  acclaimed books, including the textbook Atmospheric Chemistry and

2-28  Physics: From Pollution to Climate Change, which is considered the basic

2-29  worldwide textbook on air pollution; and

2-30    Whereas, Dr. Seinfeld has received numerous national and

2-31  international awards and honors, and presented many lectures and has

2-32  served on or chaired many important national and international

2-33  commissions and councils focusing on air quality research; and

2-34    Whereas, The many achievements and ongoing contributions of Dr.

2-35  John H. Seinfeld have earned him the respect of his peers and the honor of

2-36  being named as the recipient of the 2001 Nevada Medal, which includes a

2-37  minted silver medallion and $10,000 prize; now, therefore, be it

2-38    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-39  Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

2-40  Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. John H. Seinfeld for being named the

2-41  recipient of the 2001 Nevada Medal awarded by the Desert Research

2-42  Institute; and be it further

2-43    Resolved, That Nevada Bell is hereby commended for its continued

2-44  sponsorship of this medal, which offers well-deserved recognition to

2-45  persons who have demonstrated outstanding scientific, engineering and

2-46  technical achievement; and be it further

2-47    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

2-48  of this resolution to Dr. John H. Seinfeld.

 

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