[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 25512-25513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING DENNIS H. HOLTSCHNEIDER

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                           HON. RAHM EMANUEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 6, 2004

  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise I recognize the inauguration of The 
Reverend Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., as the eleventh president of 
DePaul University, on Saturday, November 20 at the Harris Theater for 
Music and Dance School. Father Holtschneider became DePaul University's 
eleventh president on July 1, 2004, following the distinguished eleven-
year tenure of the past president, Father John P. Minogue.
  Father Holtschneider's background is as impressive as his future at 
DePaul is promising. He received his doctoral in administration, 
planning and social policy from Harvard University in 1997 after 
writing a dissertation on the early history of financial aid in the 
United States. He was also a case researcher and writer for Harvard's 
schools of Education, Medicine and Public Health.
  Since 2000, he has served as executive vice president and chief 
operating officer at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, New York, 
where he directed the university's strategic planning efforts and daily 
operations of the campus. Prior to his role at Niagara, Father 
Holtschneider served as an assistant professor of higher education in 
the Graduate School of Education and as the associate dean of the 
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at St. John's University.
  Father Holtschneider joins DePaul at an exciting time in the school's 
106-year history.

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Steady enrollment growth has earned DePaul distinction as the largest 
Catholic university in the United States and the seventh-largest 
private university in the country, fulfilling DePaul's academic mission 
to expand access to quality educational programs to a diverse student 
body. As DePaul concludes its strategic planning, known as Vision 2006, 
Father Holtschneider will share his expertise to help shape the 
university's future initiatives.
  Father Holtschneider has led two national studies of American 
Catholic colleges and universities, examining trends in governance and 
leadership, and he consults on these matters with university boards of 
trustees and sponsoring religious congregations. He is the author and 
co-author of one book and numerous articles on U.S. higher education 
and Catholic higher education, as well as a frequent speaker on these 
topics.
  On behalf of the Fifth Congressional District of Illinois, I wish 
Father Holtschneider continued success at DePaul University and look 
forward to working with him as the university continues to grow and 
excel in a broad variety of disciplines. I am very proud to represent 
DePaul in the House of Representatives and once again congratulate 
Father Holtschneider on his inauguration as president of the 
university.

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