[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 15 (Friday, February 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1139]
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                    HONORING DR. PHILLIP R. SHRIVER

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I rise today to honor, on a very special 
occasion, one of the most important figures in the history of education 
in the State of Ohio. This year, Dr. Phillip R. Shriver will celebrate 
the 50th anniversary of his career as a teacher.
  Dr. Shriver was born in Cleveland in 1922. When he was 6 years old, 
his grandfather gave him an Indian spear point, and thus began his 
lifelong interest in Ohio history.
  He graduated from Yale in 1943, graduating early so he could go and 
make some history himself as a Navy lieutenant in World War II.
  When Dr. Shriver got back to the United States, he set his sights on 
his work of a lifetime. Armed with an M.A. from Harvard in 1946, and 
his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1954, he began teaching history to 
generation after generation of Ohio students.
  In 1947, Dr. Shriver joined the faculty at Kent State University. In 
1965, he became the president of Miami University, greeting in his 
first incoming class a freshman, myself, and my future wife, Frances 
Struewing.
  He served as Miami's president for 16 years--all the while continuing 
to teach. He has also served as president of the Ohio College 
Association, and as chairman of the Council of Presidents of the 
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
  Even after his retirement from the presidency of Miami, he continues 
his mission in the classroom. Dr. Shriver continues to teach.
  It has been said that the past is prologue. Well, I think of the 
enthusiasm of Dr. Phillip Shriver, as he has made Ohio's past a living 
reality for countless young men and women, I cannot help thinking that 
he has done much to shape the future of our State and the lives of its 
people.
  Mr. President, I join all of his family and friends in congratulating 
him on a truly historic milestone.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted 
to speak for 10 minutes as if in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Hawaii is recognized.
  Mr. AKAKA. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Akaka pertaining to the introduction of S. 291 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I note the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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