Orrin Hatch: “I rise today in tribute to a great Utah man of science, Dr. Roger R. Williams, whose life came to a tragic end last…”

“I rise today in tribute to a great Utah man of science, Dr. Roger R. Williams, whose life came to a tragic end last Wednesday in the horrific crash of Swissair Flight 111. Tomorrow, Dr. Williams' remarkable life will be celebrated at a memorial service in Salt Lake City. In the wake of this solemn occasion, I ask that my colleagues pause for a few moments in remembrance of those husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters who perished in this terrible crash. Like Dr. Williams, each had abundant potential which was so unfairly cut short. Dr. Roger Williams was known throughout the world, not only as a distinguished professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah, but also as a leading expert in the field of cardiovascular genetics. In fact, at the time of his death, our Utah scientist was on his way to Geneva to chair an international panel of the World Health Organization, which is working to promote the prevention of premature death through early diagnosis of genetic cholesterol abnormalities.”