Year
1977
Abstract
Our next speaker was elected to Congress in 1970 and is now serving his 4th term. He is a native of Ohio, served as a Parachute Infantry Officer in World War II, educated at Washington State University and was employed as a Research Scientist at the AEC's Hanford project until 1970. In 1971, he was selected to chair a Task Force on Energy, an unprecedented appointment for a freshman member of the House of Representatives. In 1973 he was appointed Chairman of the new Subcommittee on Energy of the Science and Technology Committee, the first Second Term Congressman in modern history to hold a major Subcommittee Chairmanship. He has been a leading advocate of the Nuclear Fusion Research Program and recently chaired a special committee to review the nuclear breeder program. He has authored many energy acts, in 1975, he was designated \"Solar Energy Man of the Year\" by ±he Solar Energy Industries Association and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Stephens Institute for his leadership in helping develop energy policies. And in. 1977 he was awarded the National Energy Resources Organization's first Distinguished Service Award. Ladies, and Gentlemen, Congressman Mike McCormack.