[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 61 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S5076]
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    SENATE RESOLUTION 99--COMMENDING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALLEN 
                               UNIVERSITY

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

                               S. Res. 99

       Whereas Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, is in 
     the midst of a year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary 
     of the University;
       Whereas Allen University has produced local and national 
     leaders who have served communities and the United States in 
     an exemplary way;
       Whereas the late Bishop John Mifflin Brown and the people 
     of the Columbia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal 
     Church had the vision to establish a school for the education 
     of newly freed slaves in 1870 in Cokesbury, South Carolina, 
     naming the school for the predecessor to Bishop Brown, Bishop 
     Daniel Alexander Payne, and appointing Professor J.W. Morris 
     as president;
       Whereas Bishop William F. Dickerson led a successful effort 
     to relocate the school to Columbia, South Carolina, and 
     rename the school in 1880 for Bishop Richard Allen, the 
     founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, while the 
     Reverend James C. Waters assumed the presidency;
       Whereas the University has a long tradition of producing 
     clergy and lay leadership for the African Methodist Episcopal 
     Church;
       Whereas the University has produced numerous scholars, 
     attorneys, physicians, teachers, and business and 
     governmental leaders, and other professionals who have risen 
     to positions of notoriety in the African-American community 
     as a whole;
       Whereas Doctor Margaret Dixon is an exemplary Allen 
     University Alumnae who has recently been elected president of 
     the American Association of Retired People;
       Whereas the University has endured all the difficulties 
     familiar to historically black colleges and universities;
       Whereas the University, with an historic campus, is an 
     accredited member institution of the Southern Association of 
     Colleges and Schools;
       Whereas the University, under the present leadership of 
     Bishop John Hurst Adams and President David T. 
     Shannon, is equipped to serve non-traditional students and 
     others who would otherwise not have the opportunity for a 
     college education, as well as remaining faithful to the 
     traditional goals of the University of clergy and leadership 
     education; and
       Whereas the University still strives to live up to the 
     motto of the University, which is ``Heads to Think, Hands to 
     Work, and Hearts to Love'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That Congress--
       (1) commends Allen University for 125 years of progress, 
     commitment, and dedication in the shaping of productive 
     lives; and
       (2) extends best wishes to Allen University and hopes the 
     University will have a productive future that continues the 
     accomplishments of the past.
     

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