,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #acc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #a1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,wyden 7for himself and     
,mrs4 ,fischer7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,honoring the  
life and legacy of ,elizebeth ,smith    
,friedman1 ,cryptanalyst4  ,whereas     
,elizebeth ,smith ,friedman was born on 
,august #bf1 #ahib1 in ,huntington1     
,indiana2 ,whereas1 at #ai years of age1
 ,friedman began to study ,greek and    
,english literature at ,wooster ,college
 in ,ohio and later graduated from      
,hillsdale ,college in ,michigan after  
transferring there2 ,whereas ,friedman  
stumbled upon her career as a           
codebreaker by accident after assisting 
with cipher research at the ,riverbank  
facility of businessman ,george ,fabyan2
 ,whereas1 in the #aibjs1 government    
agents recruited ,friedman to break     
codes for the ,coast ,guard2 ,whereas1  
based on her work1 the ,coast ,guard    

subsequently asked ,friedman to form a  
group to decrypt intercepts2 ,whereas1  
in the early #aicjs1 ,friedman created  
and managed the first codebreaking unit 
ever to be run by a woman2 ,whereas1    
during ,world ,war ,,ii1 ,friedman and  
her team in the ,coast ,guard1 working  
simultaneously with1 but independently  
of1 the well-known ,british codebreaking
 group led by ,alan ,turing1 broke the  
,enigma ,g machine used by ,germany1    
enabling the decryption of intercepted  
messages between ,german operatives in  
,south ,america and their overseers in  
,berlin1 thus stopping an alliance      
between ,nazi ,germany and countries in 
,south ,america2 ,whereas ,friedman     
co-authored several of the ,riverbank   
,publications1 which became the textbook
 for training individuals in the ,united
 ,states on encryption and codebreaking 
from the #aicjs to the #aiejs2 ,whereas 
,j4 ,edgar ,hoover of the ,federal      
,bureau of ,investigation took credit   
for the achievements of ,friedman and   

her team1 leaving her work widely       
unrecognized until after her death2     
,whereas1 in the #aiijs1 to honor the   
contributions of both ,friedman and her 
husband1 who was also a codebreaker1 the
 ,national ,security ,agency renamed its
 auditorium as the ,william ,f4         
,friedman and ,elizebeth ,s4 ,friedman  
,memorial ,auditorium2 ,whereas         
,elizebeth ,smith ,friedman continues to
 be a beacon of inspiration for women in
 the national security community and for
 women pursuing ,,stem-related fields2  
,whereas the work of individuals such as
 ,elizebeth ,smith ,friedman distinctly 
shows how strong encryption technology  
can change the course of history2 and   
,whereas ,elizebeth ,smith ,friedman    
died on ,october #ca1 #aihj1 leaving    
behind a legacy of remarkable skill and 
technical ingenuity1 woven together to  
solve the most complex secret messages  
in the world3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that the ,senate honors the life and   
contributions of ,elizebeth ,smith      

,friedman1 a pioneer in codebreaking4