[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8988]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           HONORING SAM SMITH

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                     HON. GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR.

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 23, 2000

  Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, today, I honor Sam Smith, a great 
citizen from the State of Washington.
  Dr. Sam Smith retires, this year, after fifteen years as President of 
Washington State University. His hard work and leadership transformed 
WSU from a single campus in Pullman to a nationally recognized, 
statewide university. Dr. Smith increased student access to Washington 
State University by establishing WSU Learning Centers in eleven 
counties and expanding WSU's presence in underserved areas with branch 
campuses in Spokane, the Tri-Cities and Vancouver.
  Dr. Smith also presided over the most successful fundraising campaign 
in the history of Washington State University. Campaign WSU, the 
university's first comprehensive fund-raising effort, raised more than 
$275 million and had the highest alumni-giving rate of all public 
universities in the country.
  Dr. Smith led academic programs and research efforts that resulted in 
Washington State University's recognition in national rankings as one 
of the best public universities in America, including a ranking, last 
year, as the most wired public university in the nation.
  Dr. Smith was president in 1998 when the Washington State Cougar 
football team was Pac-10 champion and competed in the Rose bowl for the 
first time in 67 years.
  I thank Dr. Smith for his service to Washington State University and 
Washington State and ask that he and his wife, Pat, remain friends with 
both in their retirement as both remain friends with them.

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