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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, On January 31, 2000, President William J.
3 Clinton named Leo Kadanoff of the University of Chicago a
4 recipient of the 1999 National Medal of Science; and
5 WHEREAS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
6 Distinguished Service Professor in Physics and Mathematics,
7 Leo Kadanoff also has received the University's Quantrell
8 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; and
9 WHEREAS, He is known to be outstandingly creative as a
10 researcher who has contributed in deep and important ways to
11 the educational enterprise at the University and to the
12 scientific community in the United States and throughout the
13 world; and
14 WHEREAS, Professor Leo Kadanoff, a University faculty
15 member since 1978, was cited for leadership in fundamental
16 theoretical research in statistical, solid state, and
17 nonlinear physics which has led to numerous and important
18 applications in engineering urban planning, computer science,
19 hydrodynamics, biology, applied mathematics, and geophysics;
20 and
21 WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Professor Kadanoff made innovative
22 and original contributions to the understanding of phase
23 changes, such as the change of water from liquid to ice; in
24 later years, working in collaboration with students, junior
25 scientists, and colleagues, he helped construct a new field
26 of knowledge called soft condensed matter physics; and
27 WHEREAS, One of his particular contributions has been to
28 use and to show others how to use computer models and
29 simplified conceptual models for better understanding the
30 world; and
31 WHEREAS, Professor Leo Kadanoff has earned the respect
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1 and admiration of all who have had the privilege of knowing
2 him; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we congratulate Professor Leo Kadanoff on being named a
6 recipient of the 1999 National Medal of Science; and be it
7 further
8 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Professor Leo Kadanoff.