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At its meeting of September 26, 2005, the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate passed the following Sense of the Senate Resolution presented by Senator McClory.

 

Sense of the Senate Resolution

 

Honoring United States Senator J. William Fulbright on the occasion of the celebration of his centennial Year

 

Whereas,     J. William Fulbright strongly believed in promoting international peace1, and

 

Whereas,     He was the author of the legislation establishing the Fulbright Program1, and

 

Whereas,     Since the establishment of the Fulbright program in 1946, over 250,000 individuals have participated in the program1, including faculty and students from San José State University, and

 

Whereas,     “Many of these individuals have made significant contributions to their countries as well as to the overall goal of advancing mutual understanding1,” and 

 

Whereas,     Senator Fulbright drafted the Fulbright Resolution, adopted in 1943, which supported “an international peace-keeping machinery encouraging United States participation in what became the United Nations1”, and

 

Whereas,     Senator Fulbright’s vision of building mutual understanding among nations and in support of peace is very much alive in the legacy of the programs he championed, and

 

Whereas,     2005 is the 100th anniversary of Senator Fulbright’s birth, now, therefore be it resolved

 

Resolved,     That the Academic Senate of San José State University honor Senator J. William Fulbright and join the world-wide celebration of his centennial year, and be it further

 

Resolved,     That the Academic Senate of San José State University warmly welcome, Harriet Fulbright, Senator Fulbright’s widow, to our campus and present her with this Resolution.

 

 

1. U.S. Department of State, Washington, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Fulbright Program, Biography of J. William Fulbright [homepage on the Internet], Washington, D.C., “The Bureau,” [cited 2005 Aug 20] Available from: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/fulbright/fulbbio.htm