Current Status Bill Number:3655 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950222 Primary Sponsor:J. Brown, All Sponsors:J. Brown, Clyburn, Anderson, Williams and Breeland Drafted Document Number:bbm\9924jm.95 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19950223 Subject:Allen University
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House 19950223 Received from Senate
Senate 19950223 Introduced, adopted, returned
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House 19950222 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate
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COMMENDING ALLEN UNIVERSITY FOR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESS, COMMITMENT, AND DEDICATION IN THE SHAPING OF PRODUCTIVE LIVES, PLEDGING SUPPORT TO THE POSITIVE ASPIRATIONS OF ALLEN UNIVERSITY AND EXTENDING TO THE UNIVERSITY BEST WISHES AND HOPES FOR A PRODUCTIVE FUTURE THAT CONTINUES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST.
Whereas, as Allen University in Columbia is in the midst of a year long celebration of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary and has produced local and national leaders who have served the community and the nation in an exemplary way, and it is fitting and proper that the accomplishments of the university be recognized; and
Whereas, the late Bishop John Mifflin Brown and the people of the Columbia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church had the vision to establish a school for the education of newly freed slaves in 1870 in Cokesbury, South Carolina, naming that school for his predecessor, Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne and naming Professor J. W. Morris as president; and
Whereas, Bishop William F. Dickerson led a successful effort to relocate the school to Columbia and rename it in 1880 for Bishop Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with the Reverend James C. Waters assuming the presidency; and
Whereas, Allen University has a long tradition of producing clergy and lay leadership for the African Methodist Episcopal Church; and
Whereas, the university has produced numerous scholars, attorneys, physicians, teachers, business and governmental leaders, and other professionals who have risen to positions of notoriety in the African-American community as a whole; and
Whereas, Dr. Margaret Dixon is an exemplary Allen University alumna who has recently been elected as president of the American Association of Retired People; and
Whereas, the university has endured all the difficulties familiar to historically black colleges and universities; and
Whereas, Allen University, with its historic campus, is an accredited member institution of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and
Whereas, the university, under the present leadership of Bishop John Hurst Adams and President David T. Shannon, is equipping itself to serve nontraditional students and others who would otherwise not have the opportunity for a college education, as well as remaining faithful to its traditional goals of clergy and leadership education; and
Whereas, the university still strives to live up to its motto, teaching "Heads to Think, Hands to Work, and Hearts to Love". Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commends Allen University for one hundred twenty-five years of progress, commitment, and dedication in the shaping of productive lives, pledges support to the positive aspirations of Allen University, and extends to the university best wishes and hopes for a productive future that continues the accomplishments of the past.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Allen University, in care of President David T. Shannon.