[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1944]
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                  TRIBUTE TO CLAREMONT McKENNA COLLEGE

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                           HON. DAVID DREIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 21, 1996

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to salute my 
alma mater on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  Claremont McKenna College was founded in 1946. Most of its students 
were returning veterans who were given a chance to earn a college 
education thanks to the GI bill.
  Those young men, including my father, were determined to take the 
lessons of war and build a peaceful and prosperous Nation.
  Founding President George Benson, who will celebrate his 89th 
birthday in January, kept Claremont McKenna College focused on its 
mission to educate young men and women for responsible leadership in 
business and government.
  Today, Claremont McKenna is recognized as one of the Nation's finest 
colleges and enrolls nearly a thousand students from across the country 
and the world.
  Among its graduates are leaders in business, the arts, education, 
science, medicine, and of course, public service.
  I am proud to be a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and invite 
my colleagues to join me in saluting a remarkable institution.

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