[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E501-E502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN THE YEAR OF ITS 
                        BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

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                          HON. DEBBIE DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 12, 2017

  Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the University 
of Michigan in the year of its bicentennial. Since 1817, the University 
of Michigan has established a reputation as one of the world's foremost 
centers of learning and research, and has produced generations of 
leaders, scholars and innovators.
  Founded in 1817 in Detroit, Michigan, the University of Michigan has 
since evolved to become one of the United States' great public 
institutes of higher education. The university was moved to its current 
location in Ann Arbor in 1837, where it continued to expand and 
develop. Today, the University of Michigan contains nineteen colleges, 
including prominent

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graduate schools of medicine, law and business, and educates tens of 
thousands of undergraduate and postgraduate students each year. 
Michigan also serves as one of the leading centers of research and 
played a key role in developing key scientific breakthroughs such as a 
vaccine for polio. In addition, the University of Michigan is well 
known for its student activism and was instrumental in the 
establishment of the Peace Corps. The university has also achieved 
excellence in athletics, with the Wolverines consistently competing at 
the highest levels of collegiate sports.
  The University of Michigan continues to serve the state and country 
by attracting some of the brightest educators and scholars and 
inspiring a new generation of leaders. Its alumni include twenty six 
Rhodes Scholars, political leaders including former President Gerald 
Ford, and leading innovators like Google co-founder Larry Page. The 
university also has a rich literary tradition, having educated 
prominent writers and journalists including Mike Wallace and Arthur 
Miller. The University of Michigan has successfully pursued knowledge 
and truth for two hundred years, and I have confidence that it will 
continue to build on this outstanding legacy going forward.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the 
University of Michigan during its bicentennial. The University's record 
of excellence in scholarship and research is worthy of commendation.

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