[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 170 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1396-E1397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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                            HON. JOHN KATKO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 12, 2018

  Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of the 75th 
anniversary of the Syracuse University Press. Located at on the edge of 
Syracuse University's campus, the Syracuse University Press has been 
imperative to the strength and academic rigor of Syracuse University.
  Founded by William P. Tolley and Thomas J. Watson in 1943, the 
Syracuse University Press is committed to promoting diverse cultural 
and intellectual expression, as well as preserving the history, 
literature, and culture of our region. Syracuse University Press 
emphasizes publications on the history, culture, and people of New York 
State, as well as works on Irish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Peace 
Studies, Television and Popular Culture, Literature in Translation. As 
a recipient of the NEH/Mellon Open Book Program grant, Syracuse 
University Press has the unique ability to make out-of-print humanities 
books available again by re-creating them as free, open access e-books.
  Syracuse University Press has published over 2,200 titles and sold 
over 3.5 million books. The pieces sold and published by Syracuse 
University Press are culturally diverse,

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written by authors from 20 countries and translated into 25 languages. 
For their work, the Syracuse University Press has received numerous 
awards, such as the 2017 Association for Middle East Women's Studies 
Book Award Honorable Mention, 2017 Robert Penn Warren for Fiction, 2016 
J. I. Segal Award for Translation, and the PROSE Award in the Language 
and Linguistics category and honorable mention for Excellence in the 
Humanities.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the House to join me in 
recognizing the 75th anniversary of the Syracuse University Press. 
Under the steady leadership of Director Alice Pfeiffer, it is my hope 
that the Syracuse University Press continues to provide this great 
service to our community and to the world for years to come.

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