[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING DR. RUTH SIMMONS

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 25, 2011

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize Dr. Ruth Simmons for her 11 years of extraordinary service as 
president of Brown University.
  I am proud to say Dr. Simmons is a native of Texas. In 1995 she 
became president of Smith College, the largest women's college in the 
United States, where she launched a number of strategic initiatives to 
strengthen the college's academic programs and inaugurated the first 
engineering program at a U.S. women's college. Ruth J. Simmons was 
sworn in as the 18th president of Brown University on July 3, 2001. She 
has received numerous accolades throughout her career. In 2001, Time 
magazine named her America's best college president. In 2007, she was 
named one of U.S. News & World Report's top U.S. leaders and--for the 
second time.
  As one of the Nation's premier scholars, Ruth Simmons has inspired 
and enlightened so many as an advocate for educational excellence. 
Throughout Ruth Simmons' tenure as the president of Brown University, 
she has shown an unwavering commitment to inspiring, educating, and 
ensuring that the future of young Americans is a bright one. It is 
educators such as Ruth Simmons that make an immense impact on our 
children; both teaching them the information to prosper and inspiring 
them to achieve. Brown University and our country have benefitted 
immensely from your service, and I hope you will continue to aspire to 
educate children who are in great need of strong leaders.
  I wish to commend Dr. Ruth Simmons and thank her for her service to 
this great nation. As an academic leader, she has created positive 
pathways for the future of our students.

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