[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17509]
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  SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 33--RELATIVE TO THE RETIREMENT OF THE 
                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

  Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Pell) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                            S. Con. Res. 33

       Whereas at its inception, the Capitol of the United States 
     of America was blessed to rise under the hand of some of this 
     Nation's greatest architects, including Dr. William Thornton, 
     Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Charles Bullfinch;
       Whereas prior to the Honorable George Malcolm White, FAIA, 
     being appointed by President Nixon on January 27, 1971, it 
     had been 106 years since a professional architect had been 
     named to the post of Architect of the Capitol;
       Whereas Mr. White has served the Congress through an 
     unprecedented period of growth and modernization, using to 
     advantage his professional accreditation in architecture, 
     engineering, law, and business;
       Whereas Mr. White has prepared the Capitol Complex for the 
     next century by developing the ``Master Plan for the Future 
     Development of the Capitol Grounds and Related Areas'';
       Whereas Mr. White has added new buildings to the Capitol 
     grounds as authorized by Congress, including the Thurgood 
     Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, the Philip A. Hart 
     Senate Office Building, and the Library of Congress James 
     Madison Memorial Building, and through acquisition and 
     renovation, the Thomas P. O'Neill and Gerald R. Ford House 
     Office Buildings, the Webster Hall Senate Page Dormitory, and 
     the Capitol Police Headquarters Building;
       Whereas Mr. White has preserved for future generations the 
     existing historic fabric of the Capitol Complex by faithfully 
     restoring the Old Senate Chamber, the Old Supreme Court 
     Chamber, National Statuary Hall, the Brumidi corridors, the 
     Rotunda canopy and frieze, the West Central Front and 
     Terraces of the Capitol, the House Monumental Stairs, the 
     Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson and John Adams 
     Buildings, and the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol Dome;
       Whereas Mr. White has greatly contributed to the 
     preservation and enhancement of the design of the District of 
     Columbia through his place on the District of Columbia Zoning 
     Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania 
     Avenue Development Corporation, and other civic organizations 
     and commissions; and
       Whereas upon Mr. White's retirement on November 21, 1995, 
     he leaves a legacy of tremendous accomplishment, having made 
     the Capitol his life's work and brought to this century the 
     erudition and polymath's capacity of our first Architects: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the thanks and good wishes of the American 
     people are hereby tendered to the Honorable George M. White, 
     FAIA, on the occasion of his retirement from the Office of 
     the Architect of the Capitol after nearly a quarter-century 
     of outstanding service to this nation.

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