[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. ROBIN W. MORGAN

 Mr. COONS. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I 
wish to honor the exemplary service of Dr. Robin W. Morgan as the dean 
of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University 
of Delaware. For the past 10 years, Dr. Morgan has played an 
instrumental role in the expansion of agricultural research in her 
department and the development of higher education in our State. As she 
steps down from her position as dean to rejoin the University of 
Delaware's faculty, I give my most sincere thanks to her and her staff 
for their diligent and enduring efforts to maintain the College of 
Agriculture and Natural Resources' reputation as one of the best in the 
Nation.
  Throughout her tenure as dean, Dr. Morgan conducted many studies that 
highlighted the substantial contribution of agriculture to Delaware's 
economy. Through her research and professional leadership, she has 
relentlessly supported agriculture in Delaware and has emphasized its 
importance to the financial well-being of our State. Dr. Morgan has 
always taken great pride in her faculty, which brings new skills, 
ideas, and innovation in various fields to the future of agriculture 
and natural resources. Over the past decade, under Dean Morgan's 
guidance, the number of undergraduate applications to the College of 
Agriculture and Natural Resources has doubled. The high caliber of 
hired faculty and Dr. Morgan's persistence in rebuilding several 
University of Delaware greenhouses has been pivotal to the growth of 
the program.
  I wholeheartedly thank Dr. Robin W. Morgan for her service as dean of 
the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of 
Delaware. Her model leadership and dedication improved the quality of 
education and research offered within her department. I wish her the 
best of luck as she steps down to pursue other research and teaching 
endeavors at the University of Delaware.

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