[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 INTRODUCING LEGISLATION CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ON 
                         ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. MARTIN OLAV SABO

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 22, 2001

  Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, today, along with my colleagues from 
Minnesota, I am introducing legislation congratulating the University 
of Minnesota and its faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends on 
the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
  Mr. Speaker, the University of Minnesota is a land grant institution 
established in 1851, seven years before the state of Minnesota was 
accepted into the Union. Since its creation, the University of 
Minnesota has become one of the most comprehensive and prestigious 
universities in the United States, and is a major research institution 
spanning four campuses and outreach centers statewide.
  During its first 150 years, the University of Minnesota has awarded 
more than 537,575 degrees, including more than 24,728 doctoral degrees. 
Among the University of Minnesota's accomplished faculty and alumni are 
13 Nobel Prize winners.
  The University of Minnesota's faculty, staff, and students have made 
significant contributions to our nation, and our world, which include 
the establishment of the world's leading kidney transplant center, as 
well as the invention of the flight recorder (commonly known as the 
``black box''), retractable seat belt, and the heart-lung machine used 
in the world's first open-heart surgery.
  The University of Minnesota has also made contributions in other 
areas such as agriculture, manufacturing, and physical sciences, 
including the creation of more than 80 new crop varieties, the 
development of the taconite process, and the isolation of uranium-235.
  The University of Minnesota reaches across the state with its 
Extension Service, which has contact with 700,000 Minnesotans each 
year. With program areas ranging from crop management to effective 
parenting, all Minnesotans benefit from the University of Minnesota 
Extension Service.
  Mr. Speaker, the University of Minnesota is an esteemed institution 
of higher learning, and as we mark its 150th Anniversary, I invite my 
colleagues to join me, and my fellow Minnesota colleagues, in honoring 
this remarkable university and its contributions to us all.

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