[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 90 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING BRUCE BENSON

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                             HON. KEN BUCK

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 30, 2019

  Mr. BUCK. Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize Bruce Benson for 
his dedication and service to the University of Colorado.
  Bruce Benson is the longest-serving president of the University of 
Colorado in more than half a century. Since becoming the President of 
his alma mater in 2008, Bruce has enhanced the university's standing as 
one of our country's leading public universities.
  Throughout his tenure, he's been a national leader in ensuring that 
campuses are forums for free speech, he has welcomed intellectual 
diversity, and he has a long history of bettering the lives of 
Coloradans. He will also be remembered for the tremendous strides he 
made to advance conservative thought and policy, as well as his 
fundraising efforts to support the Center for Western Civilization, 
Thought and Policy at the University of Colorado--Boulder.
  Before joining the University of Colorado, he established a career in 
business, where he had been involved in banking, real estate, cable 
television, and the restaurant industry. He graduated from the 
University of Colorado in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in Geology and 
founded the Benson Mineral Group in 1965. Later, in 2009, he was named 
to the Colorado Business Hall of Fame.
  This July, Bruce will be retiring as the President of the University 
of Colorado system--where he oversees four campuses and roughly 70,000 
students.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the 4th Congressional District of 
Colorado, I would like to thank Bruce for his service to our great 
state of Colorado.

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