[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 179 Agreed to Senate (ATS)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 179 To express the sense of the Senate commending the University of Tennessee Bicentennial. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 27 (legislative day, January 25), 1994 Mr. Sasser (for himself and Mr. Mathews) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION To express the sense of the Senate commending the University of Tennessee Bicentennial. Whereas, under a succession of able leaders including its current president, Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, the University of Tennessee has become one of the Nation's major institutions of higher education in endowments, research funding, and library holdings; Whereas the university has produced distinguished alumni who have achieved national fame in the arts, sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, education, engineering, business, communications, social work, librarianship, law, the military, and sports; Whereas those alumni include in their numbers one Nobel Laureate, six Rhodes Scholars, four Pulitzer Prize winners, two National Book Award winners, one Justice of the United States Supreme Court, nine United States Senators, and one Chief of Staff to the President of the United States; Whereas, in the field of athletic competition, the Lady Vols basketball team has won three national championships, the Vol track program three national championships, and the Vol football and swimming teams one national championship each; and Whereas 1994 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Tennessee's flagship State university: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that this distinguished body, recognizing the rich history and tremendous achievements of the University of Tennessee over the past two hundred years, extends heartiest congratulations to the students, alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators of this great institution on the occasion of its bicentennial, and offers best wishes for continued success in its third century. <all>