[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1051 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         June 23, 2008.
Whereas on March 14, 1908, Virginia Governor Claude A. Swanson signed into law 
        legislation for the establishment of the new State Normal and Industrial 
        School for Women;
Whereas in 1938, the institution was renamed Madison College in honor of the 
        Nation's fourth president, James Madison;
Whereas in 1966, the Virginia General Assembly approved full coeducational 
        status for the college, and men were enrolled as resident students for 
        the first time;
Whereas James Madison University (JMU) enrolls nearly 17,000 students and 
        employs 3,000 full-time and part-time faculty and staff;
Whereas in 2007, the US News and World Report ranked JMU as the top public, 
        master's level university in the South for the 17th time;
Whereas also in 2007, the US News and World Report noted JMU's graduation rate, 
        at 80 percent, was the highest among all public and private schools in 
        the South;
Whereas JMU has been led by presidents Julian Ashby Burruss, Doctor Samuel Page 
        Duke, Doctor G. Tyler Miller, Doctor Ronald E. Carrier, and Doctor 
        Linwood H. Rose;
Whereas JMU offers 106 degree programs, including 68 undergraduate programs, 30 
        graduate programs, 2 education specialist programs, and 6 doctoral 
        programs; and
Whereas JMU has conferred more than 98,000 degrees: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates James Madison 
University for 100 years of leadership and service to the Harrisonburg/
Rockingham County region, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Nation.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.