[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 SENATE RESOLUTION 195--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING 
                        DR. WILLIAM RANSOM WOOD

  Mr. STEVENS (for himself and Mr. Murkowski) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 195

       Whereas Dr. William Ransom Wood's tireless dedication and 
     wisdom have earned him honorable distinction for his work in 
     the city of Fairbanks, the State of Alaska, and the Nation;
       Whereas Dr. Wood served his country with distinction in 
     battle during World War II as a captain in the United States 
     Navy;
       Whereas Dr. Wood served the people of Alaska as president 
     of the University of Alaska, chairman of the American Cancer 
     Society, vice president of the Alaska Boy Scout Council, 
     Member of the Alaska Business Advisory Council, chairman of 
     the Alaska Heart Association, and numerous other 
     organizations;
       Whereas Dr. Wood served the people of Fairbanks as mayor, 
     chairman of the Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation, 
     president of Fairbanks Rotary Club, and in many other 
     capacities;
       Whereas the city of Fairbanks, the State of Alaska, and the 
     Nation continue to benefit from Dr. Wood's outstanding 
     leadership and vision;
       Whereas Dr. Wood is the executive director of Festival 
     Fairbanks which desires to commemorate the centennial of 
     Fairbanks, Alaska with a pedestrian bridge which shall serve 
     as a reminder to remember and respect the builders of the 
     twentieth century; and
       Whereas it shall also be in Dr. Wood's words, ``a memorial 
     to the brave indigenous people. Who came before and persisted 
     through hardships, generation after generation. The 
     Centennial Bridge is a tribute to their stamina and ability 
     to cope with changing times.'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the United States Senate urges the Secretary 
     of Transportation Rodney Slater to designate the Fairbanks, 
     Alaska Riverwalk Centennial Bridge community connector 
     project as the Dr. William Ransom Wood Centennial Bridge.

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