[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 3 (Thursday, January 27, 1994)]
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    SENATE RESOLUTION 179--RELATIVE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 
                              BICENTENNIAL

  Mr. SASSER (for himself and Mr. Mathews) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                         Senate Resolution 179

       Whereas, under a succession of able leaders including its 
     current president, Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, The University of 
     Tennessee has become one of the nation's major institutions 
     of higher education in endowments, research funding, and 
     library holdings; and
       Whereas, the University has produced distinguished alumni 
     who have achieved national fame in the arts, sciences, 
     medicine, nursing, pharmacy, education, engineering, 
     business, communications, social work, librarianship, law, 
     the military and sports; and
       Whereas, those alumni include in their numbers one Nobel 
     Laureate, six Rhodes Scholars, four Pulitzer Price winners, 
     two National Book Award winners, one justice of the U.S. 
     Supreme Court, nine U.S. senators, and one chief of staff to 
     the President of the United States; and
       Whereas, in the field of athletic competition, the Lady 
     Vols basketball team has won three national championships, 
     the Vol track program three national championships, and the 
     Vol football and swimming teams one national championship 
     each; and
       Whereas, 1994 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding 
     of Tennessee's flagship state university: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--this 
     distinguished body, recognizing the rich history and 
     tremendous achievements of The University of Tennessee over 
     the past 200 years, extends heartiest congratulations to the 
     students, alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators of this 
     great institution on the occasion of its bicentennial, and 
     offers best wishes for continued success in its third 
     century.

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