[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E179-E180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF STEVENS INSTITUTE OF 
                               TECHNOLOGY

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                            HON. ALBIO SIRES

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 13, 2020

  Mr. SIRES. Madam Speaker, today, I recognize and congratulate Stevens 
Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey on its 150th 
anniversary.
  Stevens Institute of Technology was founded as the United States' 
first college of mechanical engineering on February 15, 1870 with a 
bequest from Edwin A. Stevens, a member of one of America's great 
families of inventors. Over the past 150 years, the university has 
expanded to include all engineering and science disciplines, an 
accredited School of Business, and a College of Arts and Letters.
  From its earliest days, Stevens has honored its mission to inspire, 
nurture, and educate leaders in tomorrow's technology driven 
environment while contributing to the solutions for the most 
challenging problems of our time. Today, Stevens is among the fastest-
growing universities in the nation, attracting top students and faculty 
from New Jersey, the nation, and across the world.
  Stevens is one of the largest producers of Science, Technology, 
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degree recipients in New Jersey and 
ranks first in New Jersey and fifteenth in the nation in the production 
of engineering graduate degrees. Students at Stevens' benefit from the 
university's technology-centric education, which provides a unique, 
problem-solving, and entrepreneurial approach to learning and is a 
passport to success. Stevens has an outstanding 96 percent placement 
rate for its graduates and its alumni have launched

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and led numerous companies and organizations.
  Stevens faculty, students, and alumni have pioneered research and 
innovations in many diverse fields, including transportation, 
telecommunications, resiliency, sustainability, artificial 
intelligence, machine learning, health care, biomedicine, 
cybersecurity, maritime security, and systems engineering. It is not an 
exaggeration to say that Stevens has changed and improved the way we 
live, work, and communicate. Stevens has also contributed significantly 
to the community as well as the local, state, and national economy.
  It is my great honor to recognize Stevens for this significant 
milestone in the history of the university and to thank its leadership, 
faculty, students, and alumni for their contributions to Hoboken, 
Hudson County, the State of New Jersey, and the United States.

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