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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 195 

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23, 2011 

Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. KERRY) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of 

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, 

Massachusetts. 

Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘MIT’’) was founded by 

William Barton Rogers, on April 10, 1861, the doors to 

a powerful new institution for education, discovery, and 

technological advancement were opened; 

Whereas the commitment of MIT to innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit has trained innovators and delivered 

groundbreaking technologies that have significantly contributed to the fields of computing, molecular biology, 

sustainable development, biomedicine, new media, energy, 

and the environment; 


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Whereas there are an estimated 6,900 companies founded by 

MIT alumni in the State of Massachusetts alone, which 

have earned worldwide sales of approximately 

$164,000,000,000 and represent 26 percent of total sales 

made by Massachusetts companies; 

Whereas the distinguished living alumni of MIT have founded 

approximately 25,800 companies that, as of 2011, provide jobs for approximately 3,300,000 people around the 

world and earn $2,200,000,000,000 in annual sales; 

Whereas MIT has many notable alumni and professors who 

have contributed to leading research and development efforts, including 76 Nobel Prize recipients and astronauts 

who have flown more than 1⁄3 of the manned spaceflights 

of the United States; 

Whereas MIT engineers and researchers have pioneered 

countless innovations, including the creation of randomaccess magnetic-core memory (commonly known as 

‘‘RAM’’), which led to the digital revolution, the mapping 

of the human genome, the creation of GPS navigation 

technology, and the engineering of the computers that 

landed Americans on the moon; 

Whereas MIT biomedical researchers remain at the forefront 

of many fields and have contributed years of key advancements, such as the first chemical synthesis of penicillin, the invention of heart stents, and the mapping of 

molecular defects to produce the first targeted therapies 

for cancer treatment; and 

Whereas MIT has excelled as a world-renowned pioneer that 

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vancement in the State of Massachusetts and throughout 

the world: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commemorates the 150th anniversary of the 

3 founding of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech4 nology in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and 

5 (2) honors the outstanding contributions made 

6 by the alumni, professors, and staff of the Massa7 chusetts Institute of Technology throughout the past 

8 150 years, including the efforts supported by the 

9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have 

10 spurred the industrial progress of the United States 

11 through innovation. 

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