House
Resolution
114
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
114
BY
DEYOE
,
BALTIMORE
,
HEDDENS
,
and
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
Resolution
honoring
Dr.
Gregory
L.
Geoffroy’s
1
remarkable
achievements
as
President
of
Iowa
State
2
University.
3
WHEREAS,
Iowa
State
University,
one
of
America’s
4
greatest
land-grant
universities,
has
become
even
more
5
preeminent
under
the
leadership
of
President
Gregory
6
L.
Geoffroy;
and
7
WHEREAS,
in
2001,
Dr.
Geoffroy
capped
an
already
8
distinguished
academic
career
as
a
professor
of
9
chemistry,
department
head,
and
college
dean,
10
by
assuming
the
post
of
President
of
Iowa
State
11
University;
and
12
WHEREAS,
in
the
following
decade,
President
13
Geoffroy
has
led
Iowa
State
in
its
quest
to
be
the
best
14
university
in
the
nation
by
advancing
the
land-grant
15
values
of
education,
research,
and
service,
and
putting
16
science
and
technology
to
work;
and
17
WHEREAS,
in
only
ten
years,
President
Geoffroy
has
18
led
the
university
to
some
incredible
achievements
19
including:
20
1.
Record
enrollments
including
an
all-time
high
of
21
29,887
in
2011.
22
2.
Record
sponsored
funding
with
$388.1
million
in
23
2010.
24
3.
The
largest
comprehensive
fundraising
campaign
25
in
university
history,
totalling
$867
million.
26
4.
A
renewal
of
the
campus
infrastructure
with
27
more
than
two
dozen
building
projects
completed
or
in
28
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progress.
1
5.
More
than
doubling
the
number
of
endowed
faculty
2
positions
to
158.
3
6.
Iowa
State
University
being
named
“a
technology
4
powerhouse”
in
a
report
to
the
National
Science
5
Foundation.
6
7.
Reducing
campus
energy
consumption
by
10
percent
7
through
the
Live
Green!
sustainability
initiative.
8
8.
The
highest
graduation
rate
for
student-athletes
9
in
the
Big
12
conference.
10
9.
A
truly
remarkable
record
of
achievement
by
the
11
university’s
faculty,
staff,
and
students;
and
12
WHEREAS,
in
his
tenure
at
Iowa
State
University,
13
President
Geoffroy
has
ushered
the
university
into
the
14
21st
century
and
positioned
the
university
for
an
even
15
brighter
future;
NOW
THEREFORE,
16
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
17
the
House
of
Representatives
thanks
Dr.
Gregory
L.
18
Geoffroy
for
a
decade
of
service
to
the
people
of
Iowa,
19
and
honors
his
tireless
efforts
to
make
Iowa
State
20
University
a
world-class
institution.
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