[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1387 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1387

  Congratulating the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, 
Virginia, for 100 years of service and leadership to the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2008

    Mr. Wittman of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Scott of 
 Virginia, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Moran 
  of Virginia, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, 
Virginia, for 100 years of service and leadership to the United States.

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 at Fredericksburg, Virginia;
Whereas in 1938, the institution was renamed the University of Mary Washington 
        in honor of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of President George 
        Washington;
Whereas in 1970, the Virginia General Assembly approved full coeducational 
        status for the University of Mary Washington, and men were enrolled as 
        resident students for the first time;
Whereas the University of Mary Washington enrolls over 5,000 students and 
        employs 846 full-time and part-time faculty and staff;
Whereas in 2008, the US News and World Report ranked the University of Mary 
        Washington as fourth among public, southern, master's degree-granting 
        schools;
Whereas the University of Mary Washington has been led by eight presidents: 
        Edward H. Russell (1908-1919), Algernon H. Chandler, Jr. (1919-1928), 
        Morgan L. Combs (1929-1955), Grellet C. Simpson (1956-1974), Prince B. 
        Woodard (1974-1982), William M. Anderson, Jr. (1983-2006), William J. 
        Frawley (2006-2007), and Judy G. Hample (2008-);
Whereas the University of Mary Washington offers 43 degree programs, including 
        32 undergraduate programs, 4 graduate programs, 7 education specialist 
        programs;
Whereas in its centennial year, the University of Mary Washington conferred more 
        than 1200 master's and bachelor's degrees; and
Whereas the University of Mary Washington Intercollegiate Athletic Program 
        sponsors 23 NCAA Varsity Teams, and the student-athletes on these teams 
        have won five Individual and Team National Championships, produced 245 
        All-America Selections and more than 100 Academic All-Americans, and won 
        more Conference Championships than any other school in the Capital 
        Athletic Conference: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates the 
University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for 100 
years of leadership and service to the Fredericksburg area, the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States.
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