[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          50TH ANNIVERSARY OF STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize and 
congratulate Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ on the 
150th anniversary of its founding.
  On February 15, 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology was founded as 
the first college of mechanical engineering in the United States, with 
a bequest from Edwin A. Stevens, a member of ``America's first family 
of inventors.'' Over the past 150 years, the university has expanded to 
include comprehensive academic offerings in a wide array of engineering 
and science discipline, and has 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 the technology-centric environment of 
the future, while equipping them with the tools to find innovative 
solutions to 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 globe.
  Stevens is also one of the largest producers of science, technology, 
engineering and mathematics, STEM, degree recipients in New Jersey and 
ranks first in the State and 15th 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 and 
entrepreneurial approach to learning that encourages problem-solving 
and is a passport to success. Stevens has an outstanding 96 percent 
placement rate for its graduates, and its alumni have launched and led 
numerous companies and organizations.
  Stevens faculty, student, and alumni have pioneered research and 
innovations in many diverse fields, including transportation, 
telecommunications, resiliency, sustainability, artificial 
intelligence, machine learning, healthcare, biomedicine, cybersecurity, 
maritime security, and systems engineering. It is no exaggeration to 
say that Stevens has changed and improved the way we live, work, and 
communicate, greatly benefiting society. Stevens has also contributed 
significantly to the community and 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 profound and farreaching 
contributions to the communities of Hoboken, Hudson County, the State 
of New Jersey, and to the United States.

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