[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REMEMBERING REVEREND THEODORE M. HESBURGH, CSC

  (Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, today is the 
funeral for one of the most influential figures in higher education, 
the Catholic Church, and domestic and international affairs: Father 
Theodore Hesburgh. He served as president of the University of Notre 
Dame for 35 years, in that time taking a small Catholic college and 
transforming it into a world renowned institution.
  During his career he was granted 150 honorary degrees, more than any 
other person. This Congress awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal in 
the year 2000, becoming the first figure from higher education to 
receive the Congressional Gold Medal. He was also appointed by both 
Democratic and Republican Presidents to 16 Presidential commissions, 
ranging from atomic weapons policy to immigration, to civil rights.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to be a graduate of the Hesburgh Program 
in Public Service and hope to be able to live up to that awesome 
example he set.

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