[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 41 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 41

    Expressing the sense of the Congress that The George Washington 
University is important to the Nation and urging that the importance of 
the University be recognized and celebrated through regular ceremonies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 1996

  Mr. Inouye submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Congress that The George Washington 
University is important to the Nation and urging that the importance of 
the University be recognized and celebrated through regular ceremonies.

Whereas on February 9, 1821, the United States Congress chartered Columbian 
        College (renamed The George Washington University in 1904);
Whereas President James Monroe signed The George Washington University's charter 
        and attended the University's historic first commencement ceremony;
Whereas Congress adjourned to join President Monroe for The George Washington 
        University's first commencement ceremony;
Whereas in 1825 The George Washington University added a medical curriculum with 
        facilities that throughout the following years have contributed greatly 
        to the Nation, including conversion of its teaching infirmary into a 
        military hospital during the Civil War;
Whereas from that time forward, The George Washington University's medical 
        facilities have provided treatment to patients ranging from kings and 
        presidents to the indigent and the homeless;
Whereas The George Washington University has in its 175 years contributed to the 
        educational, cultural, and political enrichment of the Nation through 
        its synergistic associations with the Federal establishment and its 
        branches and agencies;
Whereas The George Washington University is now the largest higher education 
        institution in the Nation's capital, providing educational services to 
        some 19,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students annually;
Whereas The George Washington University has rendered continuing and exemplary 
        service to the country through the achievement of its educational 
        mission; and
Whereas The George Washington University's distinguished alumni hold prominent 
        positions in business, law, government, medicine, and the arts and 
        sciences: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) The George Washington University has been and continues 
        to be of exceptional importance to the Nation; and
            (2) the importance of The George Washington University 
        should be recognized and celebrated through regular ceremonies.
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