[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 140 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 140

  Congratulating the University of Minnesota and its faculty, staff, 
students, alumni, and friends, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary 
    of the founding of the University of Minnesota, for outstanding 
   teaching, research, and service to Minnesota, the Nation, and the 
                                 world.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2001

  Mr. Sabo (for himself, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Luther, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Gutknecht, and Mr. 
   Ramstad) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating the University of Minnesota and its faculty, staff, 
students, alumni, and friends, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary 
    of the founding of the University of Minnesota, for outstanding 
   teaching, research, and service to Minnesota, the Nation, and the 
                                 world.

Whereas the University of Minnesota, established in 1851, is the land grant 
        university of the State of Minnesota, is one of the most comprehensive 
        and prestigious universities in the United States, is a major research 
        institution, and has 4 campuses and many outreach centers;
Whereas since its inception the University of Minnesota has awarded more than 
        537,575 degrees, including more than 24,728 doctorates;
Whereas 13 faculty members and alumni of the University of Minnesota have been 
        awarded Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize;
Whereas faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota have made a 
        significant impact on the lives of people throughout the world through 
        accomplishments that include establishment of the world's leading kidney 
        transplant center, development of more than 80 new crop varieties that 
        greatly increase food production around the world, development of the 
        taconite process, invention of the flight recorder (commonly known as 
        the black box) and the retractable seat belt, eradication of many 
        poultry and livestock diseases, invention of the heart-lung machine used 
        in the world's first open-heart surgery, isolation of uranium-235 in a 
        prototype mass spectrometer, invention of the heart pacemaker, and 
        development of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 
        (popularly known as the ``MMPI'');
Whereas the University of Minnesota conducts more than 300 programs serving 
        children and youth;
Whereas the University of Minnesota Extension Service has contact with 700,000 
        Minnesota residents every year in areas ranging from crop management to 
        effective parenting;
Whereas the University of Minnesota makes significant contributions to the 
        artistic and cultural richness of the region through its faculty, 
        students, and curriculum as well as its galleries, museums, concerts, 
        theater productions, lectures, and films;
Whereas the University of Minnesota library system is the 17th largest in North 
        America;
Whereas alumni of the University of Minnesota, including 370,000 living alumni, 
        have played a major role in building the economic health and vitality of 
        Minnesota; and
Whereas alumni of the University of Minnesota have created more than 1,500 
        technology companies that employ more than 100,000 Minnesotans and add 
        $30,000,000,000 to the annual economy of Minnesota: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 
founding of the University of Minnesota, congratulates the University 
of Minnesota and its faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends for 
a tradition of outstanding teaching, research, and service to 
Minnesota, the Nation, and the world.
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