[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

  (Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
150th anniversary of my district's largest employer, the Pennsylvania 
State University, which consists of 11 academic schools, 20 campuses 
throughout Pennsylvania, the College of Medicine, the Dickinson School 
of Law, and the Pennsylvania College of Technology.
  Penn State was founded in 1855 as America's first land grant college 
and was the first institution in the Nation to offer a degree in 
agriculture. One in every eight Pennsylvanians with a college degree, 
one in every 50 engineers in America, and one in every four 
meteorologists in America are alumni of Penn State, which has the 
largest dues-paying alumni association in the Nation.
  Penn State consistently ranks in the top three universities to 
receive SAT scores by high school seniors. Penn State hosts the largest 
student-run philanthropic event in the world benefiting the Four 
Diamonds Fund for families with children being treated for cancer.
  Penn State has excelled at academic and athletic achievements by 
doing things honorably and exceptionally, by doing things the Penn 
State way.
  Happy 150th birthday, Penn State. I am proud to represent you in 
Congress and add my voice to those exclaiming, ``We are Penn State.''

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