[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 61 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E865-E866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO HUGO F. SON- NENSCHEIN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 
                                CHICAGO

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 14, 1998

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, as a proud alumnus of the University of 
Chicago, I rise today

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to welcome Dr. Hugo F. Sonnenschein, President of the University of 
Chicago, to Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 21, 
1998 in recognition of his substantial contribution to American 
education and to the general welfare of the United States as leader of 
that esteemed institution. On Thursday, May 21, President Sonnenschein 
will pay a rare visit to the University of Chicago alumni in the 
Greater Washington, D.C. area, to bring them news of developments at 
the University, and learn of developments among alumni in the Nation's 
capital.
  Dr. Sonnenschein has served American higher education with 
extraordinary distinction, as researcher, teacher, and administrator. 
Before becoming the 11th President of the University of Chicago in 
1993, Dr. Sonnenschein (A.B., University of Rochester, 1961; Ph.D., 
Purdue University, 1964) served as Provost, Princeton University, 1991 
to 1993; Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 
1988 to 1991; and as a respected scholar of microeconomics.
  Mr. Speaker, President Sonnenschein's visit to the Nation's capital 
is particularly significant. There are some four thousand graduates of 
the University of Chicago who enrich the political, educational, 
scientific, cultural, legal and business life of Greater Washington, 
D.C. The university educates all manner of leaders, and in the Nation's 
capital alone has produced distinguished Members of this great 
Congress, dedicated managers and administrators in the Executive 
Branch, and effective judges in the Federal Courts.
  In addition, the University of Chicago takes special pride in its 
reputation as a teacher of teachers. A great number of its graduates 
are educators improving the lives of students at all levels of the 
American educational system and all over the world.
  Mr. Speaker, since its founding in 1892, the University has been 
uniquely devoted to the creation of knowledge, and the research of its 
scholars in the humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, and 
natural sciences has made innumerable contributions both to our 
national life and to international progress.
  The University's Washington, D.C.-area alumni look forward to 
greeting President Sonnenschein on May 21 to make friends, exchange 
ideas, and express their appreciation for his outstanding service to 
that esteemed educational institution.
  For these reasons, Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and a privilege to ask 
my colleagues in this great Congress to join me in recognizing 
University of Chicago President Hugo F. Sonnenschein on his visit to 
the Nation's capital.

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