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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 527

Honoring the centennial of the founding of DePaul University in Chicago,

Illinois.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 10, 1998

Mr. BLAGOJEVICH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on Education and the Workforce

RESOLUTION

Honoring the centennial of the founding of DePaul

University in Chicago, Illinois.

Whereas 1998 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding

of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, which is the

second-largest Catholic university in the Nation with over

17,000 students;

Whereas DePaul University was originally founded by the

Vincentian Fathers to teach immigrants who were otherwise denied access to a college education, and has been

guided for the past 100 years by the mission to foster in

higher education a deep respect for the God-given dignity

of all persons and to instill in educated persons a dedication to the service of others;

Whereas DePaul University has matured into a major regional resource that drives the Illinois economy at many
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levels and with over 65,000 alumni who live and work in

Illinois, DePaul graduates are prominent in the State’s

business community, the law profession and the judicial

system, the educational institutions of the State, and

music and theatre;

Whereas DePaul University is nationally recognized for the

diversity of its faculty and student population as the University enrolls the largest combined number of AfricanAmerican and Latino students of any private college or

university in Illinois;

Whereas DePaul University has distinguished itself in such

fields as education, business, performance art, telecommunications, and law;

Whereas the School of Education has provided the Chicago

metropolitan area with many of its elementary and high

school teachers and has joined forces with the Chicago

Public School system to develop innovative educational

techniques;

Whereas DePaul University has a nationally ranked graduate

School of Business, which is one of the largest in the

United States, and a part-time MBA program that has

received national recognition as 1 of the top 10 programs

in the Nation for the past 4 years;

Whereas DePaul’s School of Music and Theatre School are

nationally recognized institutions;

Whereas DePaul’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunication and Information Systems is the largest

graduate school of its kind in the United States;

Whereas the DePaul School of Law has produced many of

Chicago’s lawyers and jurists while obtaining an international reputation for its work in international human
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rights, and the International Criminal Justice and Weapons Control Center of DePaul University is working in

support of the establishment of an International Criminal

Court;

Whereas the DePaul University School for New Learning is

widely recognized as a national model in alternative education for working professionals; and

Whereas the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest and oldest of DePaul’s colleges and provides the foundation of an educational experience: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) recognizes the important educational con3 tributions that DePaul University has made to the

4 State of Illinois and the Nation; and

5 (2) congratulates the students, alumni, faculty,

6 and staff of DePaul University on the occasion of

7 the centennial anniversary of the founding of

8 DePaul University.

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