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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 33

Expressing the thanks and good wishes of the American people to the Honorable George M. White on the occasion of his retirement as the Architect

of the Capitol.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 20, 1995

Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. PELL) submitted the

following concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the thanks and good wishes of the American

people to the Honorable George M. White on the occasion

of his retirement as the Architect of the Capitol.

Whereas at its inception, the Capitol of the United States of

America was blessed to rise under the hand of some of

this Nation’s greatest architects, including Dr. William

Thornton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Charles

Bullfinch;

Whereas prior to the Honorable George Malcolm White,

FAIA, being appointed by President Nixon on January

27, 1971, it had been 106 years since a professional architect had been named to the post of Architect of the

Capitol;
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Whereas Mr. White has served the Congress through an unprecedented period of growth and modernization, using to

advantage his professional accreditation in architecture,

engineering, law, and business;

Whereas Mr. White has prepared the Capitol Complex for the

next century by developing the ‘‘Master Plan for the Future Development of the Capitol Grounds and Related

Areas’’;

Whereas Mr. White has added new buildings to the Capitol

grounds as authorized by Congress, including the

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building, and the Library of

Congress James Madison Memorial Building, and

through acquisition and renovation, the Thomas P.

O’Neill and Gerald R. Ford House Office Buildings, the

Webster Hall Senate Page Dormitory, and the Capitol

Police Headquarters Building;

Whereas Mr. White has preserved for future generations the

existing historic fabric of the Capitol Complex by faithfully restoring the Old Senate Chamber, the Old Supreme

Court Chamber, National Statuary Hall, the Brumidi

corridors, the Rotunda canopy and frieze, the West

Central Front and Terraces of the Capitol, the House

Monumental Stairs, the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings, and the Statue of

Freedom atop the Capitol Dome;

Whereas Mr. White has greatly contributed to the preservation and enhancement of the design of the District of Columbia through his place on the District of Columbia

Zoning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and

other civic organizations and commissions; and
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Whereas upon Mr. White’s retirement on November 21,

1995, he leaves a legacy of tremendous accomplishment,

having made the Capitol his life’s work and brought to

this century the erudition and polymath’s capacity of our

first Architects: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives

2 concurring), That the thanks and good wishes of the

3 American people are hereby tendered to the Honorable

4 George M. White, FAIA, on the occasion of his retirement

5 from the Office of the Architect of the Capitol after nearly

6 a quarter-century of outstanding service to this nation.

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