[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PAYING TRIBUTE TO DAVID ASHLEY

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 10, 2007

  Mr. PORTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor David Ashley, 
President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will be celebrating its 50th 
anniversary this year, and I would like to take this time to recognize 
the esteemed President of the University. David B. Ashley became the 
eighth president of UNLV, in July 2006. Prior to his time at UNLV, Dr. 
Ashley served as executive vice chancellor and provost at the 
University of California, Merced. He has also served as dean of 
engineering at The Ohio State University and has held civil engineering 
faculty positions at the University of California, Berkeley, the 
University of Texas at Austin, and the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology.
  His work as an engineer has brought him recognition as a National 
Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator. The American 
Society of Civil Engineers has honored him with the 2004 Peurifoy 
Construction Research Award and the 1992 Construction Management Award. 
In 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from the Chalmers University 
in Sweden for his academic contributions. Dr. Ashley has worked in many 
major projects around the world, including expansion of the Panama 
Canal and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to honor Dr. David B. Ashley, eighth 
President of UNLV. I congratulate him on his accomplishments and I am 
certain that he will have continued success leading UNLV. In honor of 
the 50th anniversary of the school, I thank Dr. Ashley for his 
dedication to education.

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