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“TRIBUTE TO DR. ARTHUR GUYTON” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S4886-S4887 on April 7, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO DR. ARTHUR GUYTON
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, our State of Mississippi lost one of its finest citizens when Dr. Arthur Guyton was killed in an automobile accident on Thursday, April 3. He was a preeminent cardiovascular physiologist whose ``Textbook of Medical Physiology'' is the best known and most widely used medical school textbook in the world.
His research on hypertension and heart function was performed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and is the basis for the level of mankind's knowledge of these subjects today. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and the Harvard Medical School.
He published his textbook in 1956, which was largely a compilation of the lecture notes he used when he was teaching physiology in the early 1950s at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
He and his wife Ruth are the parents of 10 children who are all physicians and engaged in the practice of medicine. Some are working at such leading medical centers as Duke and Johns Hopkins. Dr. Guyton's father was also a medical doctor who practiced in Oxford, MS, and was dean of the Ole Miss Medical School. No family in America is more prominent in the field of medicine.
Our thoughts and prayers are with this distinguished family. We extend to them our sincerest condolences and the thanks of a grateful nation for their continuing contributions.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the article published in the Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson MS, on April 4 be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
World-renowned Miss. Doctor Killed in Car Crash
(By Thyrie Bland)
Dr. Arthur C. Guyton, a world-renowned physiologist and author of the most widely used textbook on physiology, was killed Thursday in a two-vehicle accident in Pocahontas, officials said.
Guyton's wife, Ruth, who was driving, was in critical condition Thursday night at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where her husband was a founding father.
The Guytons' van collided with a car driven by Marjorie Guthrie, of Yazoo City, shortly before 4 p.m. on U.S. 49 North in Hinds County, said Warren Strain, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Guthrie's condition was unavailable.
Guyton, 83 of Jackson, leaves behind 10 children--all doctors--and a legacy of research.
The modest physician's hallmark discovery was proving that blood flow is regulated by the body's billions of capillaries and not by the heart, as long thought.
``It's just a loss of a giant of the 20th century,'' said Dr. Wallace Conerly, UMC's chief executive officer. ``Still today, what most of us know about hypertension and congestive heart failure, that man did it.''
An Oxford native, he worked most of his life as a teacher and researcher at UMC, where he was chair of the department of physiology and biophysics for 41 years. He authored the Textbook of Medical Physiology.
``I used his textbook to get through Tulane Medical School in 1956,'' Conerly said.
Guyton retired in 1989 at age 69 from UMC with a gala dubbed Arthur Guyton Day by the state and city.
``He still came to the office almost everyday,'' said Barbara Austin, a UMC spokeswoman. ``He still taught classes.''
Guyton, partially paralyzed from polio at age 27, designed a motorized wheelchair, special hoist and walking brace for which he later earned a Presidential Citation.
``My father came from a farm and gave us our goals,'' Guyton told The Clarion-Ledger in 1989. ``My mother had been a teacher and a missionary in China where she taught physics and math, so we could always ask her the scientific questions.''
Heralded with more than 50 national and international awards in medicine, Guyton always was quick to skip over his own accomplishments to compliment his wife and children. He married Ruth Weigel in 1943 after the two met during a bicycle ride.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, Strain said.
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Order of Procedure
Under the previous order, the time until 5 p.m. shall be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, my understanding is the Senator from West Virginia, Mr. Byrd, is about to make a presentation to the Senate. I ask unanimous consent to be recognized following Senator Byrd's presentation.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank the very distinguished Senator from North Dakota.
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