[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING THE 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 16, 2014

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, more than two centuries ago, with the dawn 
of a new nation, our Founding Fathers declared to the world that we, as 
a people, would forever be united in service to one country and to one 
another. These United States stand together under a single banner: E 
pluribus unum. ``Out of many, one.''
  For 225 years, that bedrock principle of our young Republic has 
served as an extraordinary mission of our nation's oldest Jesuit and 
Catholic University. Founded by Bishop John Carroll of Maryland, 
America's first Catholic bishop, Georgetown University challenges 
students from every faith, race, and region of the world to use their 
unique and individual gifts in service of the common good. As its motto 
states, Utraque Unum. ``Both into one.''
  That creed and common purpose is why Georgetown students, who fought 
on both sides of the Civil War, elected the Union blue and Confederate 
grey to fly together as their university colors.
  It is why, in the capital of a once-divided nation, Father Patrick 
Healy, a man born to a slave, rose to lead Georgetown as the first 
African American president of a major American university.
  It is why in 1880, long before many of its peer institutions, 
Georgetown welcomed women students to study at its medical school. 
Today, the world's best and brightest young women make up a majority of 
the university's student body.
  Georgetown University's intellectual openness, pursuit of progress, 
and unwavering dedication to social justice has educated and shaped 
leaders for more than two centuries. Students have graduated to become 
leaders of countries, leaders in science, in business, in academia, in 
humanitarianism, and proudly to become a president of the United 
States, William Jefferson Clinton.
  For generations, U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense, Ambassadors, 
and Foreign Service Officers, and countless representatives of foreign 
countries, have honed their diplomatic craft under the guidance and 
tutelage of Georgetown faculty and experts.
  While Georgetown is fostering lifelong learners from every state, 
this remarkable university's reach goes well beyond our nation's 
borders. The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) is 
world-renowned for providing a theoretical and practical approach to 
international relations that teaches students from 129 countries to act 
with imagination, sound judgment, values, and in service to others.
  And in the Capitol, from Congressman William Gaston in its first 
class in 1792 to the present, many Georgetown graduates have enriched 
Congress with their committed leadership. Congress has been blessed 
with the great Georgetown wisdom of the Dean of the House, John 
Dingell, Class of '49 and Law Class of '52.
  For 225 years, Georgetown University has been a national treasure 
that stands as an international beacon of a simple truth, and deep 
American faith: that out of many backgrounds and beliefs, through times 
of discord and peace, our common humanity binds us together; and our 
common hopes and dreams unite us as one.
  To President John DeGioia, to the students, faculty, and graduates of 
Georgetown University, congratulations on more than two centuries of 
leadership for America, for the greater glory of God, and well-being of 
humankind.

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