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