In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.

Agre criticized many policies of the Bush Administration. [citation needed]


See also
Aquaporin
Roderick MacKinnon
Gheorghe Benga.

In 2009 Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is currently a professor at Johns Hopkins University.