,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ghb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#b1 #bjbj,mr4 ,sullivan 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,honoring the life1       
achievements1 and distinguished public  
service of the ,honorable ,george ,pratt
 ,shultz4  ,whereas1 on ,december #ac1  
#aibj1 the ,honorable ,george ,pratt    
,shultz was born in ,new ,york ,city as 
the only child of ,margaret ,lennox and 
,birl ,earl ,shultz2 ,whereas1 upon     
graduating cum laude from ,princeton    
,university with a major in economics   
and a minor in public and international 
affairs in #aidb1 ,shultz joined the    
,marines and nobly served his country as
 a captain with a ,marine anti-aircraft 
unit deployed with the ,united ,states  
,army's #hast ,infantry ,division to the
 ,pacific for the bitterly fought       
,battle of ,angaur in the ,palau        

,islands2 ,whereas1 following the war1  
,shultz earned a doctorate in industrial
 economics from the ,massachusetts      
,institute of ,technology1 where he     
taught in the ,department of ,economics 
and at the ,sloan ,school of ,management
 until taking leave to serve on         
,president ,eisenhower's ,council of    
,economic ,advisors2 ,whereas ,shultz   
then went on to join the ,university of 
,chicago as ,dean of the ,graduate      
,school of ,business from #aifb until   
#aifh2 ,whereas ,shultz left academia to
 honorably serve his country in a number
 of critical economic positions1        
including as ,secretary of ,labor1 the  
country's first ,director of a          
modernized ,office of ,management and   
,budget 7,,omb71 and ,secretary of the  
,treasury2 ,whereas1 during his time at 
the ,department of the ,treasury1       
,shultz co-founded the ,library ,group1 
which helped coordinate follow-up to the
 abolishment of the gold standard and   
the ,bretton ,woods system and develop  

what would eventually become the ,group 
of ,seven or the ,g-#g1 an important    
forum that has strengthened             
international economic and security     
policy by regularly bringing together   
the world's advanced economies to assess
 global trends and tackle pervasive and 
crosscutting issues2 ,whereas ,shultz   
served as ,secretary of ,state from     
#aihb until #aihi and was directly      
involved in bringing ,russian ,president
 ,mikhail ,gorbachev and ,president     
,reagan together through a process based
 upon mutual and verifiable trust1      
thereby allowing them to reach agreement
 on the ,intermediate-,range ,nuclear   
,forces ,treaty 7the ,,inf ,treaty71    
which eliminated ground-launched        
ballistic and cruise missiles with      
ranges of between #ejj and #e1ejj       
kilometers1 and to initiate negotiations
 to reduce long-range strategic nuclear 
arms2 ,whereas1 during his tenure as    
,secretary of ,state1 ,shultz had a     
strong and mutually supportive          

relationship with the career ,foreign   
,service1 which he relied upon heavily  
to advance key international initiatives
 and attain the foreign policy          
achievements of the ,reagan             
,administration2 ,whereas ,shultz       
recognized the need to better prepare a 
new generation of diplomatic service    
officers1 whether ,foreign or ,civil    
,service1 and ensured the creation of   
what became the ,george ,p4 ,shultz     
,national ,foreign ,affairs ,training   
,center 7,,nfatc71 thus expanding       
short-term skills training to hundreds  
of ever more diverse ,department of     
,state and ,federal ,government         
personnel2 ,whereas1 upon returning to  
private life in #aihi1 ,shultz became a 
,distinguished ,fellow at ,stanford     
,university's ,hoover ,institution1     
wrote and edited several books1 and     
received the ,presidential ,medal of    
,freedom1 along with more than a dozen  
other awards and prizes2 ,whereas1 in   
his later years1 ,shultz passionately   

advocated for a world without nuclear   
weapons2 ,whereas ,shultz recently      
called for the strengthening and        
modernization of the professional       
education and training of our career    
diplomats3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that 
the ,senate-- 7#a7 honors the life1     
achievements1 and distinguished public  
service of the ,honorable ,george ,pratt
 ,shultz2  7#b7 recognizes ,shultz on   
the occasion of his #ajjth birthday and 
expresses its thanks and commendations  
to his family2  7#c7 celebrates the     
statesmanship that has consistently     
characterized ,shultz's life2  7#d7     
acknowledges ,shultz's published concern
 for rebuilding and strengthening       
,united ,states diplomacy and its home  
institution1 the ,department of ,state1 
and his call for the creation of a      
school of diplomacy at the ,national    
,foreign ,affairs ,training ,center2 and
  7#e7 commends to future generations   
,shultz's example as a patriot and      
public servant both in war and in the   

pursuit of a more peaceful1 prosperous1 
and cooperative world order4