[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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                     UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND WEEK

  The text of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 181) to designate the 
week of May 8, 1994, through May 14, 1994, as ``United Negro College 
Fund Week'', as passed by the Senate on October 6, 1994, is as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 181

       Whereas in 1943, Dr. Frederick D. Patterson of the Tuskegee 
     Institute convened the first meeting to consider the 
     feasibility of a united appeal on behalf of historically 
     black private colleges and universities;
       Whereas on May 13, 1944, the organizing meeting of the 
     United Negro College Fund was held at the Waldorf-Astoria 
     Hotel in New York City;
       Whereas Atlanta University, Bethune-Cookman College, Clark 
     College, Dillard University, Fisk University, Gammon 
     Theological Seminary, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and 
     the Tuskegee Institute were the founding member institutions 
     of the United Negro College Fund;
       Whereas the initial combined campaign of the United Negro 
     College Fund raised $760,000;
       Whereas through the year 1993, the 41 member institutions 
     of the United Negro College Fund now enroll more than 55,000 
     students, have shared more than $58,000,000, and have raised 
     more than $889,000,000 for the 50th Annual Campaign, and more 
     than $190,000,000 for the United Negro College Fund Capital 
     Campaign 2000; and
       Whereas the United Negro College Fund continues to provide 
     students quality academic instruction in a positive learning 
     environment and assist as the mission of the Federal 
     Government to promote equal opportunity in higher education: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That--
       (1) the week of May 8, 1994, through May 14, 1994, is 
     designated ``United Negro College Fund Week'', and the 
     President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
     calling upon the people of the United States to observe that 
     week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities;
       (2) Congress salutes and acknowledges the United Negro 
     College Fund, the president of the United Negro College Fund, 
     William H. Gray, III, and the presidents, faculties, staff, 
     and trustees of the 41 member institutions of the United 
     Negro College Fund for their vigorous and persistent efforts 
     in support of equal opportunity in higher education, and 
     commends the students who benefit from the United Negro 
     College Fund for their pursuit of academic excellence; and
       (3) this joint resolution may be cited as the ``United 
     Negro College Fund 50th Anniversary Resolution''.

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