{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgE2199-3", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO FATHER JAMES E. HOFF", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2199", "E2200", "[{\"name\": \"Rob Portman\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. E2199", "Congressional Record, Volume 146 Issue 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2199-E2200]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                    TRIBUTE TO FATHER JAMES E. HOFF\n\n                                 ______\n\n                            HON. ROB PORTMAN\n\n                                of ohio\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, December 15, 2000\n\n  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Father James\nHoff, a friend, educator and community leader, who will step down from\nhis service as President of Xavier University on December 31, 2000.\n  Over the past ten years, Father Hoff has led Xavier to great new\nheights. In 1992, he began Xavier 2000 which led to the Century\nCampaign, the most ambitious fundraising campaign in the school's\nhistory, raising the endowment from $24 million to $89 million. He has\nalso significantly strengthened the university's curriculum, advanced\nthe quality of its faculty and created a more unified, attractive\ncampus.\n  Perhaps most telling of Father Hoff's work is the success of Xavier's\nstudents. In the 1990's, the average high-school grade-point average of\nits incoming students rose from 2.9 to 3.49 for the current class. And,\nin 1998, the school ranked first in the nation for student-athlete\ngraduation rates (100 percent).\n  In 1995, Xavier was recognized for the first time by U.S. News and\nWorld Report as one of ``America's Best Colleges,'' placing fifteenth\namong Midwest schools. In its 2001 ranking, Xavier climbed to seventh\namong regional institutions in the Midwest. Xavier has also received\nrecognition from Money magazine and the John Templeton Honor Roll.\n  Although Father Hoff surely deserves much of the credit, he is modest\nand quick to recognize Xavier's faculty and staff, Board of Trustees,\nadministration and students--all of whom have helped to raise the level\nof excellence at the school.\n  He says his greatest accomplishment during his tenure is defining the\nschool's mission: ``to\n\n[[Page E2200]]\n\nprepare students intellectually, morally and spiritually to take their\nplaces in a rapidly changing global society and to work for the\nbetterment of that society.'' He certainly has done that, and all of us\nin the Cincinnati area thank him for his vision and goodwill. We look\nforward to his continued leadership in our area.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgE2199-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.872505923733115, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}