[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20191]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

 Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would like to recognize and 
congratulate both the George Washington University and its Graduate 
School of Education and Human Development on achieving centennial 
milestones this month. George Washington University, which is 183 years 
old and was created by an act of Congress in 1821, commemorates 100 
years of its name change from Columbian University to the George 
Washington University.
  As an alumnus of GW, I am honored to offer congratulations for this 
internationally recognized institution of higher education.
  The university's Graduate School of Education and Human Development 
celebrates 100 years of providing professional development.
  The Graduate School of Education and Human Development's partnerships 
on major national projects have impacted educational reform, increased 
technological opportunities, and continues to assist and impact the 
quality of life for people in the United States.
  Over the past century, students and alumni of the university have 
participated in groundbreaking research, championed political causes, 
and contributed to the community of Washington, DC, and the American 
people. Over the past 100 years, several high-profile graduates from 
the fields of government, business, education, and law have obtained 
degrees from GW.
  GW has awarded honorary degrees to eight U.S. Presidents, which 
included Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Warren Harding, Calvin 
Coolidge, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald 
Reagan; eight Supreme Court Justices; and Alexander Graham Bell, just 
to name a few.
  In closing, I would like to congratulate the George Washington 
University president, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, and the Graduate 
School of Education and Human Development dean, Mary Hartwood Futrell. 
I know if President George Washington was here today, he would be proud 
that his dream of a national university has not only been realized, but 
that the university bearing his name will continue to enrich the lives 
of students from around the globe for centuries to come.

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