[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 16, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E164]
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     IN HONOR OF EDWARD FOOTE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

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                           HON. PETER DEUTSCH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 16, 2000

  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the career of Edward 
T. Foote II, President of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, 
Florida. As many of my colleagues are already aware, President Tad 
Foote recently announced his resignation as the fourth president of the 
University effective June 1, 2001. Though his impending departure is a 
great loss for the University and its surrounding community, I would 
like to congratulate Tad and thank him for twenty years of hard work 
and dedication to improving the University of Miami.
  Over the last two decades, President Foote has been instrumental in 
overseeing the University's rise to prominence as an elite institution 
of higher learning in the United States. The statistics are startling: 
funding for research at the University has reached a total of 
approximately $176 million. In addition, the University received a 
startling number of applications for this year's freshman class--over 
13,300 applications were received for an incoming class of 1,800. 
Finally, the University has experienced a banner year in its 
fundraising efforts, collecting a total of just under $86 million. 
These figures, all school records, will ensure that the University is 
prepared to take on the challenges facing higher education in the 
United States as we enter the new millennium.
  There can be no doubt that these impressive statistics are directly 
related to Tad Foote's stewardship of the University of Miami 
throughout the past twenty years. He has truly transformed the 
University, instilling a sense of pride and confidence in the quality 
of education that the school provides. Though his term as president 
will expire in 2001, President Foote has agreed to remain affiliated 
with the University until 2003 as Chancellor, a position that allows 
him to assist in the transition process. This decision to further his 
affiliation with the University is an action that clearly demonstrates 
President Foote's extraordinary dedication to the students and faculty 
of the University of Miami.
  Mr. Speaker, though the South Florida community will truly miss the 
leadership that Tad Foote has provided as President of the University 
of Miami over the course of the past twenty years, I am confident that 
he will remain a prominent figure in the community as he begins to 
enter a new phase in his life. We all owe him a tremendous debt of 
gratitude, and I would like to thank him for all his efforts on behalf 
of the entire South Florida community.

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