IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1564 
Commending and congratulating Michigan Technological University on the 
occasion of its 125th anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2010 
Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK of Michigan, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
MELANCON, Mr. BOREN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. KIND, Ms. 
SUTTON, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BARROW, Mr. KAGEN, and Mr. MIL-
LER of North Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Commending and congratulating Michigan Technological 
University on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. 
Whereas Michigan Technological University located in 
Houghton, Michigan, on the beautiful shores of Lake Su-
perior on the spectacular Keweenaw Peninsula is cele-
brating its 125th anniversary in 2010; 
Whereas Michigan Technological University was first char-
tered as the Michigan School of Mines in 1885; 
Whereas due to the significant and growing contribution to 
the State of Michigan and the Nation, the school was re-
named the Michigan College of Mining and Technology 
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with the added responsibility ‘‘to promote the welfare of 
the industries of the State’’ in 1927; 
Whereas the college continued its exceptional educational 
mission; 
Whereas in 1963, the new constitution of the State of Michi-
gan included the renaming to the Michigan College of 
Science and Technology and in 1964, with the present 
designation of Michigan Technological University with 
the continued responsibility of promoting the welfare of 
the industries of the State of Michigan; 
Whereas in 1990, Michigan Technological University’s A.E. 
Seaman Mineralogical Museum was designated as the of-
ficial ‘‘mineralogical museum’’ of Michigan with the sec-
ond largest holdings of any university mineralogical mu-
seum in the Nation; 
Whereas Michigan Technological University’s mission is to 
create the future with the vision of continued growth as 
a premier technological research university of inter-
national stature, delivering education, new knowledge, 
and innovation for the needs of the world; 
Whereas today, Michigan Technological University now hosts 
more than 7,000 students who pursue baccalaureate, 
master, and doctoral degrees; 
Whereas Michigan Technological University is nationally 
ranked as a high research university by the Carnegie 
Foundation, 
with 
research 
expenditures 
of 
some 
$55,000,000 annually doing world class cutting edge 
basic and exceptional applied research; 
Whereas Michigan Technological University provides an ex-
ceptionally high quality of education in science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics fields, graduating 
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