[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3244-S3245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF 
                               TECHNOLOGY

  Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 195, which was submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 195) commemorating the 150th 
     anniversary of the founding of the Massachusetts Institute of 
     Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  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 when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
     (referred to in this preamble as ``MIT'') was founded by 
     William Barton Rogers, on April 10, 1861, the doors to a 
     powerful new institution for education, discovery, and 
     technological advancement were opened;
       Whereas the commitment of MIT to innovation and the 
     entrepreneurial spirit has trained innovators and delivered 
     groundbreaking technologies that have significantly 
     contributed to the fields of computing, molecular biology, 
     sustainable development, biomedicine, new media, energy, and 
     the environment;
       Whereas there are an estimated 6,900 companies founded by 
     MIT alumni in the State of Massachusetts alone, which have 
     earned worldwide sales of approximately $164,000,000,000 and 
     represent 26 percent of total sales made by Massachusetts 
     companies;
       Whereas the distinguished living alumni of MIT have founded 
     approximately 25,800 companies that, as of 2011, provide jobs 
     for approximately 3,300,000 people around the world and earn 
     $2,200,000,000,000 in annual sales;

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       Whereas MIT has many notable alumni and professors who have 
     contributed to leading research and development efforts, 
     including 76 Nobel Prize recipients and astronauts who have 
     flown more than \1/3\ of the manned spaceflights of the 
     United States;
       Whereas MIT engineers and researchers have pioneered 
     countless innovations, including the creation of random-
     access magnetic-core memory (commonly known as ``RAM''), 
     which led to the digital revolution, the mapping of the human 
     genome, the creation of GPS navigation technology, and the 
     engineering of the computers that landed Americans on the 
     moon;
       Whereas MIT biomedical researchers remain at the forefront 
     of many fields and have contributed years of key 
     advancements, such as the first chemical synthesis of 
     penicillin, the invention of heart stents, and the mapping of 
     molecular defects to produce the first targeted therapies for 
     cancer treatment; and
       Whereas MIT has excelled as a world-renowned pioneer that 
     promotes science and engineering education, economic growth, 
     scientific breakthroughs, and technological advancement in 
     the State of Massachusetts and throughout the world: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commemorates the 150th anniversary of the founding of 
     the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, 
     Massachusetts; and
       (2) honors the outstanding contributions made by the 
     alumni, professors, and staff of the Massachusetts Institute 
     of Technology throughout the past 150 years, including the 
     efforts supported by the Massachusetts Institute of 
     Technology that have spurred the industrial progress of the 
     United States through innovation.

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