[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 132 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S11867]
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 EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING DR. WILLIAM RANSOM WOOD

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send this resolution to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 195) expressing the sense of the 
     Senate concerning Dr. William Ransom Wood.

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. STEVENS. 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for the quorum call be rescinded.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. STEVENS. Mr. President, I express my gratitude to the secretary 
for the minority for clearing this resolution so quickly, and I ask for 
its consideration.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the resolution and its 
preamble are agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 195) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 195

       Whereas Dr. William Ransom Wood's tireless dedication and 
     wisdom have earned him honorable distinction for his work in 
     the city of Fairbanks, the State of Alaska, and the Nation;
       Whereas Dr. Wood served his country with distinction in 
     battle during World War II as a captain in the United States 
     Navy;
       Whereas Dr. Wood served the people of Alaska as president 
     of the University of Alaska, chairman of the American Cancer 
     Society, vice president of the Alaska Boy Scout Council, 
     Member of the Alaska Business Advisory Council, Chairman of 
     the Alaska Heart Association, and numerous other 
     organizations;
       Whereas Dr. Wood served the people of Fairbanks as mayor, 
     chairman of the Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation, 
     President of Fairbanks Rotary Club, and in many other 
     capacities;
       Whereas the city of Fairbanks, the State of Alaska, and the 
     Nation continue to benefit from Dr. Wood's outstanding 
     leadership and vision;
       Whereas Dr. Wood is the executive director of Festival 
     Fairbanks which desires to commemorate the centennial of 
     Fairbanks, Alaska with a pedestrian bridge which shall serve 
     as a reminder to remember and respect the builders of the 
     Twentieth Century; and
       Whereas it shall also be in Dr. Wood's words, ``a memorial 
     to the brave indigenous people. Who came before and persisted 
     through hardships, generation after generation. The 
     Centennial Bridge is a tribute to their stamina and ability 
     to cope with changing times.'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the United States Senate urges the Secretary 
     of Transportation Rodney Slater to designate the Fairbanks, 
     Alaska Riverwalk Centennial Bridge community connector 
     project as the Dr. William Ransom Wood Centennial Bridge.

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and I move 
to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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