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

 

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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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.

 

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

 Research Institute of the University and Community College System of

 Nevada in recognition of outstanding scientific, engineering and technical

 achievements; and

   Whereas, The Nevada Medal is sponsored by the shareholders of

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

 variety of telecommunication services to northern Nevada; and

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

 of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, has

 been named as the recipient of the 2001 Nevada Medal; and

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

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

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

 pollution a science; and

   Whereas, After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester

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

 chemical engineering, Dr. Seinfeld joined the faculty of the California

 Institute of Technology; and

   Whereas, During his years at the California Institute of Technology,

 Dr. Seinfeld was appointed Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering in

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

 Chairman of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science; and

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

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

 now the fundamental tools used in cities nationwide to describe and

 forecast potential air pollution threats and to design strategies to preserve

 air quality; and

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

 in understanding the formation, growth and chemistry of aerosols, and he

 is one of the first scientists to describe the chemical processes leading to

 urban ozone; and

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

 person ever elected to the National Academy of Engineering for

 outstanding contributions to understanding the atmospheric behavior of

pollutants and to the development of estimation techniques for dynamic

systems; and

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

 Sciences and has published more than 300 papers and 4 critically

 acclaimed books, including the textbook Atmospheric Chemistry and

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

 worldwide textbook on air pollution; and

   Whereas, Dr. Seinfeld has received numerous national and

 international awards and honors, and presented many lectures and has

 served on or chaired many important national and international

 commissions and councils focusing on air quality research; and

   Whereas, The many achievements and ongoing contributions of Dr.

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

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

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

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

 Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

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

 recipient of the 2001 Nevada Medal awarded by the Desert Research

 Institute; and be it further

   Resolved, That Nevada Bell is hereby commended for its continued

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

 persons who have demonstrated outstanding scientific, engineering and

 technical achievement; and be it further

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

 of this resolution to Dr. John H. Seinfeld.

 

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