[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 142 (Saturday, October 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

 Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to New 
York's Dr. Michael K. Simpson who last year completed ten years of 
service as President of Utica College at Syracuse University and is now 
President of the American University in Paris.
  While at Utica, Dr. Simpson taught international relations, 
contemporary French politics, international law, the political 
economics of multinational corporations, macro- and microeconomics, and 
American foreign policy. He has also been a visiting professor at the 
Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University and director of 
Syracuse's study center in Strasbourg, France.
  In addition to his broad academic experience, Dr. Simpson has 
dedicated himself to the people of Oneida County, New York. As the 
community representative and chairperson of the Health and Hospital 
Council of the Mohawk Valley from 1987-1992, he lead that Council 
toward developing a hospital consolidation plan for four area 
hospitals. That succeeded in making quality health-care more accessible 
and affordable to local residents. Since 1988 he has been a trustee of 
The Savings Bank of Utica.
  I have had the privilege to speak at three commencements in which 
Michael Simpson participated--at his graduation from Fordham College in 
1970 when he earned his bachelor's degree, at Syracuse University in 
1983 upon receipt of his M.B.A., and during his tenure as Utica College 
President.
  With great admiration and gratitude I commend Dr. Simpson for his 
commitment to excellence in education and his service to his fellow 
citizens of New York. I wish him all the best on his sojourn in 
Paris.

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