PRINTER'S NO. 1595
No. 149 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DENT, BUNT, BROWNE, COY, SCHRODER, RUBLEY, THOMAS,
LEDERER, KAISER, LYNCH, McNAUGHTON, BAKER, ALLEN, READSHAW,
L. I. COHEN, JAROLIN, GEIST, TRUE, CORPORA, ROONEY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, ROSS, KIRKLAND, CAPPABIANCA, CURRY, DALEY,
BEBKO-JONES, GIGLIOTTI, DONATUCCI, NAILOR, HARHART, STABACK,
GODSHALL, TIGUE, HESS, SATHER, HUTCHINSON, MARSICO, SHANER,
YOUNGBLOOD, ITKIN, HERSHEY, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, PESCI, WALKO,
FAIRCHILD, B. SMITH, SEMMEL, BOSCOLA, LUCYK, DALLY,
BENNINGHOFF, FARGO, ARGALL, DeLUCA, BARD, LEH AND ZUG,
APRIL 29, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 29, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating Muhlenberg College on the occasion of its
2 sesquicentennial.
3 WHEREAS, Founded in Allentown in 1848 to provide a liberal
4 arts education in the Christian humanistic tradition, Muhlenberg
5 College is an independent, undergraduate, coeducational
6 institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
7 America which has maintained an ongoing commitment to high
8 standards of academic integrity and excellence; and
9 WHEREAS, As a liberal arts college, Muhlenberg offers
10 programs in the humanities, the natural and social sciences and
11 in professional areas such as business, education and
12 premedical, pretheological and prelaw studies; and
13 WHEREAS, Muhlenberg College strives to keep its curriculum
1 vital and current with the rapidly changing intellectual world,
2 and the excellence and integrity of its programs have been
3 recognized by Phi Beta Kappa and 13 additional national honorary
4 societies which have established chapters at the college; and
5 WHEREAS, accredited by the Middle States Association of
6 Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Department of Education of
7 the Commonwealth and the New York State Board of Regents,
8 Muhlenberg College is on the approved list of the American
9 Chemical Society; and
10 WHEREAS, The college is a member of the American Council on
11 Education, the Association of American Colleges, the Council for
12 the Advancement and Support of Education, the American
13 Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, the College
14 Entrance Examination Board, the Pennsylvania Association of
15 Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Commission for
16 Independent Colleges and the National Collegiate Honors Council;
17 and
18 WHEREAS, Most significant in its tradition are the historic
19 ties between the Lutheran Church and the college, which was
20 named in honor of the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in
21 America, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg; and
22 WHEREAS, The sons of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg contributed to
23 the early life of our country, with General John Peter Gabriel
24 Muhlenberg wintering at Valley Forge with George Washington,
25 Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg serving as the first Speaker of
26 the United States House of Representatives and Henry Ernst
27 Muhlenberg attaining distinction as an eminent scientist and
28 first president of Franklin College, now Franklin and Marshall
29 College; and
30 WHEREAS, Muhlenberg College is celebrating its
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1 sesquicentennial during the 1997-1998 academic year; therefore
2 be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate
4 Muhlenberg College, its staff, faculty, students and alumni, on
5 its sesquicentennial.
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