THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, CIVERA, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CREIGHTON, CURRY, DALLY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GERBER, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, JOHNSON, KESSLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KULA, LENTZ, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, McCALL, McGEEHAN, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PAYTON, PERZEL, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PRESTON, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, S. H. SMITH, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WATERS, WATSON AND KOTIK, APRIL 15, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 15, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the life of Drexel University President Constantine

Papadakis and expressing condolences upon his death on April

5, 2009, as the result of complications from lung cancer.

WHEREAS, Constantine Papadakis, Drexel University's

President, died on April 5, 2009, as a result of complications

from lung cancer; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis was a native of Athens, Greece, and

had a background in engineering before moving to the United

States in 1969, where he worked in both private firms and

academia before he became the President of Drexel University in

1995; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis added the Drexel University College of

Medicine, the Earle Mack School of Law, an online program and a

graduate program in Sacramento, California, to Drexel

University's vast array of options for students; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis took the school from a BBB+ Standard

and Poor rating in 1997 to an A+ rating in 2005; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis is remembered for his tireless effort

to make Drexel University the prestigious school that it is

today, for his work with the student government of Drexel

University to improve student life at the university and for his

public service work for the city of Philadelphia; therefore be

it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of

Drexel University President Constantine Papadakis and express

condolences upon his death on April 5, 2009.