[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 128 (Wednesday, October 5, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S11125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING FATHER BRIAN SHANLEY

 Mr. REED. Mr. President, on July 1, 2005, we welcomed home a 
son of Providence College to assume the presidency of that great 
institution. Father Brian Shanley is a man of great intellect, great 
enthusiasm, and a man of deep and abiding faith.
  He is superbly prepared to continue the extraordinary progress of 
Providence College as a distinguished community of scholars serving to 
educate the talented young men and women who proudly claim PC as their 
own.
  Generations of students and graduates of Providence College have 
enriched our Nation and our State not only with their knowledge but 
just as importantly with their character.
  Father Shanley understands this great legacy of Providence College 
and, through his effort and his energy, he will sustain and enhance 
this extraordinary place.
  St. Thomas Aquinas, a theologian who Father Shanley is acquainted 
with, wrote ``If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his 
ship, he would keep it in port forever.''
  Under Father Shanley, I do not think Providence College will get many 
``port calls.'' He will sail forward with determination, faith, and 
good humor to inspire faculty and students to think seriously, to face 
the challenges of our times, and to live a life of character and 
concern that has always been the hallmark of Providence College.
  I wish him good luck and Godspeed.

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