IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 448 
Congratulating the University of California, Davis, for a century as a premier 
public research university and one of our Nation’s finest institutions 
of higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2009 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN 
of California, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
LEWIS of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BACA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
NUNES, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of Cali-
fornia, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. ISSA, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. BONO 
MACK, and Mr. MCNERNEY) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the University of California, Davis, for a 
century as a premier public research university and one 
of our Nation’s finest institutions of higher education. 
Whereas the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), was 
authorized by Governor George Pardee in 1905 as an ag-
ricultural research campus and opened its doors to stu-
dents in 1908; 
Whereas UC Davis became a full University of California 
campus in 1959; 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
04:32 May 15, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR448.IH
HR448
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS
•HRES 448 IH 
Whereas UC Davis has since expanded its student body to 
more than 30,000 students, and its academic offerings to 
more than 100 undergraduate majors, 87 graduate pro-
grams, and 6 professional schools including education, 
law, management, medicine, nursing, and veterinary med-
icine; 
Whereas UC Davis—true to its land-grant mission—has in a 
century touched everything that matters to us as human 
beings, from our health to the economy, to what we eat 
and drink, to how we experience and interpret life; 
Whereas UC Davis scientists and alumni have transformed 
agriculture to the benefit of California and the world; 
Whereas the UC Davis art program has influenced the course 
of art history and brought critical attention to artists in 
California; 
Whereas UC Davis scientists have helped to protect Lake 
Tahoe, Mono Lake, and other environmental treasures; 
Whereas the UC Davis Medical Center is a top research hos-
pital that also serves as the primary acute-care and trau-
ma center for 6,000,000 people in the region; 
Whereas UC Davis research and instruction has fueled the 
growth of the $45,000,000,000-a-year California wine in-
dustry and provided worldwide leadership and innovation 
in enology and viticulture; 
Whereas from its earliest days UC Davis has hosted inter-
national scholars, and currently ranks in the top 5 of all 
American universities for number of international schol-
ars; 
Whereas the often-overlapping and collaborating communities 
of UC Davis and the City of Davis have forged innova-
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
04:32 May 15, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR448.IH
HR448
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS
•HRES 448 IH 
tions in environmental housing and bicycle transpor-
tation; 
Whereas the UC Davis athletics program is as notable for its 
athletic accomplishments—including a national record for 
football league championships and a Division II national 
championship in basketball—as well as for the academic 
accomplishments of its athletes, which include 3 National 
Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year award 
winners; 
Whereas UC Davis has 186,000 alumni who make an impact 
in communities worldwide—and in space—and include 
UNICEF Director, Ann Veneman, former Treasurer of 
the United States, Anna Escobedo Cabral, former Cali-
fornia State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
Delaine Eastin, renowned celebrity chef, Martin Yan, and 
NASA astronauts, Steve Robinson and Tracy Caldwell; 
Whereas UC Davis professors and researchers have achieved 
accomplishments from determining the age of the solar 
system to identifying and neutralizing numerous diseases; 
Whereas UC Davis professors, graduate students and re-
searchers annually generate more than $500,000,000 in 
research funding, which is translated into scientific 
breakthroughs, medical cures, industrial innovations and 
other benefits to civilization; 
Whereas UC Davis undergraduates—who hail from across 
the State and represent every race and economic class— 
are California’s top young students and future leaders; 
and 
Whereas UC Davis continues to serve California in new and 
vital ways, through such new facilities as the Betty Irene 
Moore School of Nursing, the Robert Mondavi Institute 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
04:32 May 15, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR448.IH
HR448
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS
•HRES 448 IH 
for Wine and Food Science, the Tahoe Environmental 
Research Center, and the expansion of its emergency 
medical facilities and its schools of law and management: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the University of California, 
Davis, for 100 successful years of providing superb 
educational opportunities for California; 
(2) recognizes the incredible range of accom-
plishments by the faculty, staff, students, and alum-
ni of the University of California, Davis, across the 
whole range of human endeavor; and 
(3) thanks the University of California, Davis, 
for its contribution to the betterment of our commu-
nities, our State, and our Nation. 
Æ 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
04:32 May 15, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\HR448.IH
HR448
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS