PRINTER'S NO. 3238
No. 416 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, LUCYK, PIPPY, MARSICO, ARMSTRONG,
M. BAKER, BEBKO-JONES, BISHOP, CAPPELLI, CLARK, L. I. COHEN,
COY, CREIGHTON, DAILEY, DALLY, DiGIROLAMO, J. EVANS,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, GABIG, GEORGE, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHART,
HARPER, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KAISER, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER,
LEH, MANN, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, R. MILLER,
S. MILLER, NAILOR, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI,
SCHRODER, SHANER, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, R. STEVENSON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TULLI, TURZAI, WALKO, WATSON, WILT, G. WRIGHT
AND ZUG, FEBRUARY 5, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 5, 2002
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the United States Military Academy on its 200th
2 anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, On March 16, 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed
4 legislation which established the United States Military Academy
5 at West Point, New York; and
6 WHEREAS, Civil engineering was an important part of the
7 curriculum of the Academy, and for the first half of the 19th
8 century the construction of the nation's infrastructure was
9 accomplished considerably by Academy graduates; and
10 WHEREAS, Academy graduates have distinguished themselves in
11 all of the nation's wars and have made many contributions to the
12 nation; and
13 WHEREAS, A number of noted Academy graduates were born in
14 Pennsylvania or have significant ties to this Commonwealth,
1 including Major General George Gordon Meade, who commanded one
2 of three Pennsylvania brigades during the Civil War and later
3 became the Commander of the Army of the Potomac, Major General
4 Norman Daniel Cota, Commander of the Pennsylvania 28th Infantry
5 Division during World War II, Major General John Fulton
6 Reynolds, Union Corps Commander killed at the Battle of
7 Gettysburg, General Matthew B. Ridgway, who commanded the 82nd
8 Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps during World War II
9 and the United States 8th Army in Korea and became Supreme
10 Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe in 1952, General Henry
11 "Hap" Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Force during
12 World War II, who became the first five-star general of the
13 United States Air Force in 1949 by an act of Congress; and
14 WHEREAS, Representative Edward J. Lucyk (1964), Senator
15 Robert D. Robbins (1966) and Representative John R. Pippy (1992)
16 are all Academy graduates; and
17 WHEREAS, The Academy has a long history as one of the
18 nation's great institutions, producing dedicated leaders in all
19 arenas; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
21 congratulate the United States Military Academy as it celebrates
22 the 200th anniversary of its founding and honor its outstanding
23 contributions to the nation.
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