[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING CHANCELLOR ROBERT JONES

  (Ms. BUDZINSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BUDZINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Robert Jones, the 
chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who is 
stepping down to take on a new role as president of the University of 
Washington.
  I also congratulate Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr., who has been 
appointed as the new chancellor.
  As a proud alumna of the University of Illinois, I have sincerely 
enjoyed working with Chancellor Jones during my time in Congress.
  A crop physiologist by trade, Chancellor Jones made history in 2016 
when he became UIUC's first Black chancellor.
  Throughout his tenure, Chancellor Jones helped launch a new program 
to provide free tuition to low-income students, oversaw the start of 
the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and grew the university's 
profile as one of America's top research institutions.
  He has partnered with the JJK Foundation in east St. Louis on their 
new Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Innovation Center.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Chancellor Jones for his dedicated leadership. I 
wish him all the best.

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