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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY MASCHER, BLODGETT, BRADLEY, CHAPMAN, COHOON,
1 3 DODERER, DRAKE, FOEGE, FORD, GRUNDBERG, HANSEN,
1 4 HOLVECK, JENKINS, KREIMAN, LARSON, MARTIN, MILLAGE,
1 5 MORELAND, MYERS, NELSON, RICHARDSON, WEIGEL, and WISE
1 6 (COMPANION TO LSB 2425SS BY DVORSKY)
1 7 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing the 150th anniver-
1 8 sary of the founding of the University of Iowa.
1 9 WHEREAS, Article XI, section 8, of the Constitution
1 10 of the State of Iowa permanently establishes the State
1 11 University, at Iowa City, in the County of Johnson;
1 12 and
1 13 WHEREAS, the Old Capitol located at the University
1 14 of Iowa housed the fifth legislative Assembly of the
1 15 Territory of Iowa in 1842 and then became the first
1 16 capitol of the State of Iowa in 1846; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa was founded on
1 18 February 25, 1847, only 59 days after Iowa became a
1 19 state; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa has awarded over
1 21 250,000 degrees since the university awarded the first
1 22 degree to Dexter Smith in 1858; and
1 23 WHEREAS, in 1855, the University of Iowa offered
1 24 admission to men and women on an equal basis; and
1 25 WHEREAS, in 1868, the University of Iowa School of
1 26 Law was the first law school in the United States
1 27 located west of the Mississippi River; and
1 28 WHEREAS, in 1872, the University of Iowa created
1 29 the first permanent college-level department of
1 30 education in the United States; and
2 1 WHEREAS, in 1873, a University of Iowa student,
2 2 Mary Hickey Wilkinson, received a law degree from the
2 3 University of Iowa School of Law, becoming the first
2 4 woman in the United States to earn a law degree; and
2 5 WHEREAS, in 1879, a University of Iowa student,
2 6 Alexander Clark, Jr., received a law degree from the
2 7 University of Iowa School of Law, becoming one of the
2 8 first African-Americans in the United States to earn a
2 9 law degree; and
2 10 WHEREAS, in 1882, the University of Iowa Dental
2 11 Department was the first dental department in the
2 12 United States located west of the Mississippi River;
2 13 and
2 14 WHEREAS, in 1901, students at the University of
2 15 Iowa began publishing the first daily campus newspaper
2 16 west of the Mississippi River; and
2 17 WHEREAS, since 1905, 17 students from the
2 18 University of Iowa have been named Rhodes Scholars;
2 19 and
2 20 WHEREAS, in 1919, the University of Iowa
2 21 established a separate department of neurology, which
2 22 is the oldest continuing program west of the
2 23 Mississippi River; and
2 24 WHEREAS, in 1927, the University of Iowa became the
2 25 first state university to establish a School of
2 26 Religion; and
2 27 WHEREAS, in 1934, artist Grant Wood joined the
2 28 faculty of the Department of Graphic and Plastic Arts,
2 29 four years after painting "American Gothic"; and
2 30 WHEREAS, in 1936, the Writers' Workshop was
3 1 established as the first university-sponsored program
3 2 in creative writing in the United States, and boasts
3 3 such graduates as Flannery O'Connor, Gail Godwin, John
3 4 Irving, and Mona Van Duyn; and
3 5 WHEREAS, in 1938, the University of Iowa
3 6 established the first hospital pharmacy graduate
3 7 program in the United States; and
3 8 WHEREAS, in 1939, a University of Iowa student,
3 9 Nile C. Kinnick, was awarded the Heisman Trophy in
3 10 recognition of his achievements as a football player
3 11 for the University of Iowa football team; and
3 12 WHEREAS, since 1939, University of Iowa graduates
3 13 have earned 13 Pulitzer Prizes; and
3 14 WHEREAS, in 1948, the University of Iowa School of
3 15 Journalism awarded the first degree in mass
3 16 communication in the United States; and
3 17 WHEREAS, in 1955, the University of Iowa
3 18 established the first institute of agricultural
3 19 medicine and environmental health in the western
3 20 hemisphere; and
3 21 WHEREAS, in 1958, University of Iowa physics
3 22 professor James A. Van Allen discovered belts of
3 23 radiation surrounding the earth, a phenomenon that
3 24 eventually would be named the Van Allen Belts; and
3 25 WHEREAS, generations of students educated at the
3 26 University of Iowa have made tremendous contributions
3 27 to the betterment of the state, the country, and the
3 28 world; and
3 29 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa has distinguished
3 30 itself nationally and internationally in many academic
4 1 fields and endeavors; and
4 2 WHEREAS, facing a new century, the University of
4 3 Iowa has made a renewed commitment to its core values
4 4 of learning, community, responsibility, integrity, and
4 5 quality; and
4 6 WHEREAS, the people of Iowa are invited to
4 7 celebrate the University of Iowa's Sesquicentennial
4 8 Year, marking 150 years of teaching, research, and
4 9 service to the State of Iowa and to the nation; NOW
4 10 THEREFORE,
4 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
4 12 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
4 13 recognizes and congratulates the University of Iowa
4 14 for 150 continuous years of providing exemplary
4 15 education for its students and providing positive
4 16 contributions to the quality of life of all Iowans,
4 17 and encourages the University of Iowa to continue to
4 18 fulfill the threefold mission of teaching, research,
4 19 and service.
4 20 LSB 2425HH 77
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