[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E610]
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     TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR 150TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 22, 2004

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today 
to pay tribute to Lincoln University, a fine institution of higher 
learning that will celebrate its 150th anniversary on May 6, 2004.
  Lincoln University was established in Pennsylvania in 1854 as the 
nation's first Historically Black College and University (HBCU). During 
its first 100 years of existence, Lincoln graduated twenty percent of 
America's African American physicians and more than ten percent of the 
country's African American attorneys. Currently, Lincoln is one of the 
nation's largest producers of African Americans with baccalaureate 
degrees in the physical sciences, computer and information sciences, 
and biological and life sciences.
  Lincoln University has produced top leaders who have gone on to make 
major contributions in the civil rights movement, the independence 
movements in Africa and the global information society. Among the more 
visible graduates of Lincoln are: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood 
Marshall '30; poet and playwright Langston Hughes '29; the first 
president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah '39; and the first African American 
female rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, Lillian Fishburne '71.
  Lincoln University also has the unique distinction of having 
graduates who went on to found U.S or Foreign Universities. The list of 
universities include South Carolina State University; Livingston 
College (North Carolina); Albany State University (Georgia) and Texas 
Southern University.
  Mr. Speaker, this remarkable institution of higher learning has 
helped develop some of the best minds in the world. Their commitment to 
excellence in education is to be commended. For this reason, I ask that 
my colleagues join me in honoring this fine institution on the occasion 
of its 150th anniversary.

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