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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Carl R. Woese of
4 Champaign on being presented the Crafoord Prize in
5 Biosciences from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in
6 Sweden; and
7 WHEREAS, This annual prize marks accomplishments in
8 scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science,
9 which the academy also selects; he is the Stanley O.
10 Ikenberry Endowed Chair at the University of Illinois at
11 Urbana-Champaign and honored for "his discovery of a third
12 domain of life" according to the academy; and
13 WHEREAS, The king of Sweden presented the prize to Mr.
14 Woese on September 24, 2003 at the end of a three-day
15 symposium devoted to the "Phylogeny and Evolution of
16 Microorganisms; he concluded the symposium with a keynote
17 address on "The Archaea and What They Represent"; therefore,
18 be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21 we congratulate Carl R. Woese on being presented the
22 prestigious Crafoord Prize in Biosciences from the Royal
23 Swedish Academy of Sciences and wish him well in all his
24 future endeavors; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to Carl R. Woese as an expression of our respect
27 and esteem.