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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 512 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Rice University. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2012 

Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Rice University. 

Whereas Rice University is celebrating its 100th year as a renowned research university advancing education in the 

arts, humanities, and sciences; 

Whereas the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art, named for its benefactor William Marsh Rice and now known as Rice University, was inaugurated on October 12, 1912, in Houston, Texas; 

Whereas the first president of Rice University, Edgar Odell 

Lovett, set forth an ambitious vision for a prestigious research university; 

Whereas Rice University is a leading institution of higher 

education, ranked among the top 20 universities in the 


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United States by U.S. News & World Report every year 

since the rankings began in 1983; 

Whereas Rice University is dedicated to keeping high quality 

education affordable through generous financial aid programs and ranks among the 10 best value private colleges by Princeton Review; 

Whereas Rice University plays a leading role in research in 

many fields, including nanotechnology, space, cellular 

technology, bioinformatics, energy, health, and the environment; 

Whereas Rice University has invaluably contributed to space 

exploration, becoming the first university in the United 

States to create a department dedicated to space exploration and donating the land now home to the Johnson 

Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 

Whereas the groundbreaking discovery of 

buckminsterfullerene, referred to as ‘‘buckyballs’’, on the 

campus of Rice University in 1985 launched the new field 

of fullerene chemistry, helped launch the new scientific 

field of nanotechnology, earned two Rice University professors, Dr. Richard Smalley and Dr. Robert Curl, the 

Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and is now leading to life-saving and life-enhancing breakthroughs in medicine, transportation, energy, the environment, defense, and many 

other endeavors; 

Whereas Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Richard Smalley of Rice 

University played a significant role in forming The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas, an 

organization for the Texas members of the National 

Academies and the first organization in Texas dedicated 


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to building collaboration among Texas’s most distinguished scientific, academic, and corporate minds in research and public policy; 

Whereas the goal of Rice University is to prepare its students 

to succeed in a highly competitive and complex world, 

and many of its alumni have distinguished themselves in 

their service and contributions to the United States; 

Whereas Rice University is one of three Texas universities to 

be chosen as a member of the Association of American 

Universities, and the only private university in Texas that 

is a member of that association; 

Whereas Rice University is fortunate to have exceptionally 

fine trustees, administrators, and faculty members who 

have placed emphasis on inspiring students to succeed in 

the arts, humanities, and sciences; 

Whereas the contributions of Rice University and its alumni 

have enriched the history of the United States and the 

world in the arts, humanities, sports, and sciences; and 

Whereas the success of Rice University is the result of a 

united effort by many resourceful and dedicated individuals, and all who are associated with the preservation of 

the great traditions of Rice University deserve to be 

proud of their accomplishments: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the 100th anni2 versary of Rice University and expresses gratitude to the 

3 university for its innumerable contributions to higher edu4 cation and the United States. 

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