[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 711 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 711

  Celebrating the 325th anniversary of the founding of the College of 
William & Mary in Virginia by British Royal Charter and congratulating 
    President W. Taylor Reveley, III, after a decade of tremendous 
          leadership as the 27th President of William & Mary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2018

    Mr. Taylor (for himself and Ms. Titus) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Celebrating the 325th anniversary of the founding of the College of 
William & Mary in Virginia by British Royal Charter and congratulating 
    President W. Taylor Reveley, III, after a decade of tremendous 
          leadership as the 27th President of William & Mary.

Whereas, on February 8, 1693, King William III and Queen Mary II of England 
        signed the charter for a ``perpetual College of Divinity, Philosophy, 
        Languages, and other good Arts and Sciences'' to be founded in the 
        Virginia Colony, making William & Mary the Nation's second-oldest 
        college;
Whereas William & Mary is considered the Alma Mater of the Nation because it 
        educated Founding Fathers of the Nation, including George Washington, 
        Thomas Jefferson, John Tyler, and James Monroe;
Whereas William & Mary is a place of many firsts for the Nation, including the 
        first United States institution with a Royal Charter, the first Greek-
        letter society (Phi Beta Kappa), the first student honor code, the first 
        college to become a university, and the first law school in America;
Whereas today, William & Mary functions as a comprehensive public research 
        university, educating future leaders in areas of the arts and sciences, 
        business, education, law, and marine science;
Whereas William & Mary has been led tremendously for the last ten years by W. 
        Taylor Reveley, III, William & Mary's 27th President; and
Whereas W. Taylor Reveley, III, has remarkably guided the Alma Mater of the 
        Nation to a position where it continues to thrive and has markedly 
        achieved success in many ways, including outstanding educational value, 
        a commitment to public service, and a diverse and inclusive community: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives celebrates the 325th 
anniversary of the College of William & Mary's Royal Charter and 
congratulates W. Taylor Reveley, III, on his retirement after a decade 
of selfless and steadfast service as the institution's 27th President.
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