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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to recognize the 70th anniversary of 
4Argonne National Laboratory; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Argonne's beginnings can be traced to Enrico Fermi 
6and the attempt to create the world's first self-sustaining 
7nuclear reaction - the Manhattan Project; because the 
8experiments were deemed too dangerous to conduct in a major 
9city, the operations were moved to a spot in nearby Palos Hills 
10and renamed "Argonne" after the surrounding forest; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The laboratory  was chartered as Argonne National 
12Laboratory on July 1, 1946; at the request of the United States 
13Atomic Energy Commission, it began developing nuclear reactors 
14for the nation's peaceful nuclear energy program; in the late 
151940s and early 1950s, the laboratory moved to a larger 
16location in Lemont and established a remote location in Idaho, 
17called "Argonne-West", to conduct further nuclear research; 
18and
  
 
  
19    WHEREAS, Argonne's workforce consists of 3,298 employees, 
201,623 scientists and engineers, 315 postdoctoral scholars, 457 
21graduate and undergraduate students, 248 joint faculty, and 
22over 7,186 facility users; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Argonne is a multidisciplinary science and 
2engineering research center, where "dream teams" of 
3world-class researchers work alongside experts from industry, 
4academia, and other government laboratories to address vital 
5national challenges in clean energy, environment, technology, 
6and national security; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Argonne leverages its Chicago-area location to 
8lead discovery and to power innovation in a wide range of core 
9scientific capabilities, from high-energy physics, and 
10materials science to structural biology and advanced computer 
11science; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
13NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
14recognize the 70th anniversary of Argonne National Laboratory 
15and we wish it many more successful years; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to Argonne National Laboratory as an expression of 
18our esteem and respect.