Press Releases
Rogers: Honoring the Father of Our Land-Grant Universities
Washington, DC,
November 2, 2017
Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today on his support of H.R. 3034, the Justin Smith Morrill Congressional Gold Medal Act. The bill would posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Honorable Justin Smith Morrill, the father of our nation’s land-grant university system. Currently the bill is in its committees of jurisdiction. “With two outstanding land grant universities in the Third Congressional District, Tuskegee University and Auburn University, I was proud to cosponsor this legislation to posthumously award the highest honors to a dedicated public servant – serving as both a U.S. Senator and Member of the House of Representatives and best known for the two Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts, which created universities with a focus on agricultural studies all across the United States. “These pieces of legislation helped fund and make Tuskegee University and Auburn University what they are today. As a senior member of the House Committee on Agriculture, I know just how important these universities are to our state’s economy. The research that is done at land-grant universities is second to none. Our great State is forever indebted to Justin Smith Morrill.” -###- |