[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 38 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E556-E557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES E. YOUNG

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 20, 1997

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your 
attention the fine work and far-reaching accomplishments of Charles E. 
Young who is retiring on June 30, 1997 after 29 years as chancellor of 
UCLA. The country's longest serving university chief executive, he has 
been a powerful force in UNCLA's ascent to the ranks of the nation's 
most comprehensive and distinguished universities. Three-quarters of 
the diplomas held by UCLA's 285,000 living alumni bear his signature. 
Chancellor Young's leadership is reflected in innumerable contributions 
to the UCLA campus, to the broader community, and to higher education.
  Dr. Young's association with the University of California dates to 
1953 when he enrolled as a transfer student at UC Riverside. After 
graduating with honors in 1955, he pursued doctoral studies in 
political science at UCLA, earning his M.A. in 1957 and Ph.D. in 1960. 
He participated in the creation of the master plan for higher education 
in California while working on the staff of UC President Clark in 1959. 
Dr. Young returned to UCLA in 1960 to serve in a series of executive 
posts in the administration of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. Following 
Chancellor Murphy's resignation, Dr. Young was named his successor by 
the UC Regents on July 12, 1968.
  Under Chancellor Young's leadership, UCLA has become an 
internationally renowned center of scholarship and discovery. Building 
a university for the future, he has guided UCLA to dramatic advances in 
every facet of its enterprise: recruitment of outstanding students and 
award-winning faculty, acclaimed programs in the visual and performing 
arts, development of a world class medical enterprise, a doubling of 
library holdings and of campus facilities, and an unparalleled 
tradition in intercollegiate athletics.
  Chancellor Young is respected throughout academe as a passionate 
spokesman for educational opportunity, inclusiveness, and the 
intellectual richness born of diverse perspectives. Unwavering in his 
commitment to academic freedom, he has cultivated at UCLA an open and 
stimulating environment in which the pursuit of knowledge thrives 
without limits or boundaries. His advocacy resonates in the classroom, 
in the laboratory, and every corner of the campus where a theory can be 
tested, a point of view expressed, an idea challenged, or a concept 
debated.

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  In the belief that its home city is UCLA's foremost partner and 
greatest resource, Chancellor Young has engaged the university in 
myriad ventures and partnerships with the surrounding community. 
Furthermore, just as Los Angeles has emerged as a world city, UCLA, 
too, has become a world university and a magnet to students and 
scholars from around the globe under the leadership of Chancellor 
Young.
  As he prepares to retire, Chancellor Young deserves recognition for 
shepherding UCLA toward academic greatness, founded on the cornerstone 
of intellectual freedom. On this occasion we salute Charles ``Chuck'' 
Young, his wife, Sue, and his two children and seven grandchildren in 
celebration of a splendid legacy to American higher education.

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