Senate
Resolution
107
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
107
BY
QUIRMBACH
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
preeminent
land-grant
universities,
has
become
even
5
greater
under
the
leadership
of
President
Gregory
L.
6
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
Geoffroy
13
led
Iowa
State
in
its
quest
for
excellence
by
advancing
14
the
land-grant
values
of
education,
research,
and
15
service
and
by
putting
science
and
technology
to
16
work;
and
17
WHEREAS,
in
only
10
years,
President
Geoffroy
has
18
led
the
university
to
some
remarkable
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
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107
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.
A
truly
remarkable
record
of
achievement
by
the
9
university’s
faculty,
staff,
and
students;
and
10
WHEREAS,
in
his
tenure
at
Iowa
State
University,
11
President
Geoffroy
has
ushered
the
university
into
the
12
twenty-first
century
and
positioned
the
university
for
13
an
even
brighter
future;
NOW
THEREFORE,
14
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
thanks
15
Dr.
Gregory
L.
Geoffroy
for
a
decade
of
service
to
the
16
people
of
Iowa
and
honors
his
tireless
efforts
to
make
17
Iowa
State
University
a
world-class
institution.
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