[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DR. BERGEN MARKS HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 2, 1996

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of Dr. Stanley 
S. Bergen, Jr. to mark his 25th anniversary as president of the 
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey [UMDNJ].
  Dr. Bergen has served the State of New Jersey with exceptional 
dedication, energy, and leadership that has distinguished his career as 
the first and only president of UMDNJ. Under Dr. Bergen's stewardship, 
the university has emerged as the largest public university of the 
health sciences in the country and serves as a national resource for 
health professions, education, research, patient care, and services to 
the community.
  Through his resolve to provide educational opportunity and health 
care services to all the people of New Jersey, the university has grown 
to include seven schools on four main academic campuses statewide with 
programs at more than 100 affiliated educational and health care 
institutions in communities throughout the State.
  Dr. Bergen has provided opportunities to increase representation of 
minority faculty and students that has made UMDNJ a national leader in 
minority enrollment and retention. He is recognized as a national 
authority on health care and a prominent leader in academic medicine in 
the State and the Nation.
  I congratulate Dr. Bergen for a quarter century of service to the 
people of our State. His high standard of excellence in education, 
research, and patient care has brought pride and honor to our State. I 
wish him all the best for his continued success.

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