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nology" instead of the big capital technologies too often favored in 

 the past, Brown approaches issues in distinctly human terms. Sur- 

 rounded by clouds of cigar smoke, he adds a uniquely personal imprint 

 to everything he does, whether it is undergoing acupuncture in front 

 of a large audience at a committee hearing, or sitting down in a lonely 

 hotel room in Peking to scratch out a longhand letter to tell his staff 

 of the significance of their work. 



Representative George E. Brown, Jr., chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment 

 and the Atmosphere, 197 5-79, and chairman of the Subcommittee on Science, Research 

 and Technology commencing in 1979. 



