[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 124 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 124

 Congratulating the University of the Pacific, and its faculty, staff, 
      students, and alumni on the University's 150th anniversary.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2001

  Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating the University of the Pacific, and its faculty, staff, 
      students, and alumni on the University's 150th anniversary.

Whereas the University of the Pacific, founded in 1851 as California's first 
        chartered university, includes 11 schools and colleges on 3 different 
        campuses with 130 majors and programs of study, including 18 graduate 
        programs;
Whereas the University of the Pacific has gained national recognition as a 
        pioneering independent university;
Whereas the University of the Pacific has remained, throughout its history, 
        devoted to the teaching and development of students by a faculty of 
        outstanding scholars;
Whereas the University of the Pacific's devotion to student learning and 
        development has prepared more than 60,000 graduates for lasting 
        achievements and responsible leadership in their careers and 
        communities;
Whereas in the spirit of its pioneering heritage, the University of the Pacific 
        was the first university to enroll women and to introduce coeducation 
        and women's athletics in the West;
Whereas in 1871, the University of the Pacific established California's first 
        school of medicine, known today as the Pacific Medical Center of San 
        Francisco;
Whereas the University of the Pacific established the first Conservatory of 
        Music in the West;
Whereas the University of the Pacific was the first university in the Nation to 
        offer an undergraduate teacher corps;
Whereas the University of the Pacific was the first degree-granting university 
        to be established in California's San Joaquin Valley;
Whereas the University of the Pacific's alumni are leaders in California and the 
        western States in the professions of government, dentistry, pharmacy, 
        law, education, religion, musical and theatrical performance, business, 
        and engineering; and
Whereas in recognition of the historic chartering of the University of the 
        Pacific by the California Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of California 
        is joining with others to recognize fulfillment of the University of the 
        Pacific's Charter of Establishment: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the University of the Pacific as a leader 
        and pioneering innovator in higher education; and
            (2) congratulates the University of the Pacific, and its 
        faculty, staff, students, and alumni on the occasion of the 
        Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the granting of the University 
        of the Pacific's charter.
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