House Resolution 134 - Introduced PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY LENSING, MASCHER, JACOBY, and FOEGE 1 3 A Resolution honoring David J. Skorton for his service 1 4 to Iowa as an educator and administrator and as 1 5 President of the University of Iowa. 1 6 WHEREAS, David Skorton has had a long and 1 7 remarkable career at the University of Iowa; and 1 8 WHEREAS, President Skorton has been a faculty 1 9 member at the University of Iowa since 1980, holding 1 10 joint appointments at the rank of professor in the 1 11 departments of internal medicine, electrical and 1 12 computer engineering, and biomedical engineering; and 1 13 WHEREAS, President Skorton was appointed vice 1 14 president for research in 1992, served as interim vice 1 15 president for external relations in 2000, and served 1 16 as vice president for research and external relations 1 17 from March 2002 until he assumed the presidency; and 1 18 WHEREAS, on March 1, 2003, David J. Skorton was 1 19 appointed the 19th president of the University of 1 20 Iowa; and 1 21 WHEREAS, a small sample of President Skorton's 1 22 activities includes the cofounding and codirecting of 1 23 the University of Iowa Adolescent and Adult Congenital 1 24 Heart Disease Clinic at the University of Iowa 1 25 Hospitals and Clinics, serving as president of the 1 26 Association for the Accreditation of Human Research 1 27 Protection Programs, Inc., chairing the Iowa City Area 1 28 Development Group, serving on the Iowa Department of 1 29 Economic Development Board, and serving on the boards 1 30 and committees of many local, state, and national 2 1 organizations; and 2 2 WHEREAS, after over a quarter century of dedicated 2 3 service to the university and to all of Iowa, 2 4 President Skorton will now take up a new challenge as 2 5 the 12th president of Cornell University, New York 2 6 state's land=grant university and a world=renowned 2 7 research institution; NOW THEREFORE, 2 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 9 That the House of Representatives pays tribute to 2 10 David J. Skorton for over twenty=five years of service 2 11 to the people of Iowa and for his enormous 2 12 contribution to higher education and the University of 2 13 Iowa during his service as professor, administrator, 2 14 and President and congratulates him for the many 2 15 beneficial improvements to that institution during his 2 16 tenure; and 2 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this 2 18 Resolution be presented to University of Iowa 2 19 President David J. Skorton. 2 20 LSB 6393HH 81 2 21 jr:nh/je/5.1 1