[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 93 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 93

    Congratulating the University of Minnesota, its faculty, staff, 
students, alumni, and friends, for 150 years of outstanding service to 
           the State of Minnesota, the Nation, and the world.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2001

  Mr. Wellstone (for himself, and Mr. Dayton) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Congratulating the University of Minnesota, its faculty, staff, 
students, alumni, and friends, for 150 years of outstanding service to 
           the State of Minnesota, the Nation, and the world.

Whereas the University of Minnesota, the land-grant university of the State of 
        Minnesota and a major research institution, with its 4 campuses and many 
        outreach centers, is one of the most comprehensive and prestigious 
        universities in the United States;
Whereas since its inception the University of Minnesota has awarded more than 
        537,575 degrees, including more than 24,728 Ph.D.s;
Whereas 13 faculty members and alumni have been awarded Nobel Prizes, including 
        the Nobel Peace Prize;
Whereas the 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--
            (1) establishing the leading kidney transplant center in the world;
            (2) developing more than 80 new crop varieties that greatly increase 
        food production around the world;
            (3) developing the taconite process;
            (4) inventing the flight recorder (commonly known as the black box) 
        and the retractable seat belt;
            (5) eradicating many poultry and livestock diseases;
            (6) inventing the heart-lung machine used during the first open-
        heart surgery in the world;
            (7) isolating uranium-235 in a prototype mass spectrometer;
            (8) inventing the heart pacemaker; and
            (9) developing the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 
        (MMPI);
Whereas the University of Minnesota conducts more than 300 different programs 
        serving children and youth;
Whereas the University 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, 
        dance theater, theater productions, lectures, and films;
Whereas the University of Minnesota library system is the 17th largest in North 
        America;
Whereas the 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 the 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 the State: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate 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 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 
founding of the University of Minnesota.
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