[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 33 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.33
                                     Agreed to November 28, 1995        

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
  the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas at its inception, the Capitol of the United States of America 
  was blessed to rise under the hand of some of this Nation's greatest 
  architects, including Dr. William Thornton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 
  and Charles Bullfinch;
Whereas prior to the Honorable George Malcolm White, FAIA, being 
  appointed by President Nixon on January 27, 1971, it had been 106 
  years since a professional architect had been named to the post of 
  Architect of the Capitol;
Whereas Mr. White has served the Congress through an unprecedented 
  period of growth and modernization, using to advantage his 
  professional accreditation in architecture, engineering, law, and 
  business;
Whereas Mr. White has prepared the Capitol Complex for the next century 
  by developing the ``Master Plan for the Future Development of the 
  Capitol Grounds and Related Areas'';
Whereas Mr. White has added new buildings to the Capitol grounds as 
  authorized by Congress, including the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
  Judiciary Building, the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building, and 
  the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building, and through 
  acquisition and renovation, the Thomas P. O'Neill and Gerald R. Ford 
  House Office Buildings, the Webster Hall Senate Page Dormitory, and 
  the Capitol Police Headquarters Building;
Whereas Mr. White has preserved for future generations the existing 
  historic fabric of the Capitol Complex by faithfully restoring the 
  Old Senate Chamber, the Old Supreme Court Chamber, National Statuary 
  Hall, the Brumidi corridors, the Rotunda canopy and frieze, the West 
  Central Front and Terraces of the Capitol, the House Monumental 
  Stairs, the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson and John Adams 
  Buildings, and the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol Dome;
Whereas Mr. White has greatly contributed to the preservation and 
  enhancement of the design of the District of Columbia through his 
  place on the District of Columbia Zoning Commission, the Commission 
  of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and 
  other civic organizations and commissions; and
Whereas upon Mr. White's retirement on November 21, 1995, he leaves a 
  legacy of tremendous accomplishment, having made the Capitol his 
  life's work and brought to this century the erudition and polymath's 
  capacity of our first Architects: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the thanks and good wishes of the American people are hereby 
tendered to the Honorable George M. White, FAIA, on the occasion of his 
retirement from the Office of the Architect of the Capitol after nearly 
a quarter-century of outstanding service to this Nation.
  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.

  Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.