City of Philadelphia - File #: 110570

• File #: 110570
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/8/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/15/2011
• Title: Also naming Chestnut Street from Thirty-First Street to Thirty-Third Street "Papadakis Place."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Verna, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Sanchez

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/15/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
9/8/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

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Also naming Chestnut Street from Thirty-First Street to Thirty-Third Street "Papadakis Place."
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WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis's arrival at Drexel in 1995 ushered in an era of unprecedented growth and excellence for the University. Under his leadership, total enrollment at the University grew by more than 130 percent, from 9,000 to 21,000 with full-time undergraduate enrollment increasing by 144 percent to more than 11,000; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis doubled the size of Drexel's faculty and grew the University's total employment to 7,300 making Drexel the seventh largest private employer in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, In 1998, the University trustees signed a landmark agreement to manage the bankrupt Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, followed by a 2002 acquisition creating the Drexel University College of Medicine. This step, undertaken at Dr. Papadakis's urging, saved 13,000 jobs and the education of 3,000 medical and nursing students, kept intact a key academic medical resource for Philadelphia and preserved the traditions of two of the cities most historic institutions-Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (founded in 1850 as the world's first medical school for women) and Hahnemann Medical College (a pioneer in homeopathic medicine founded in 1848); and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis brought national attention to the City through high-profile events, including a visit to Drexel in 1997 by Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China; the 2008 National Democratic presidential candidates debate; and the Olympic Trials in Table Tennis; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis and Drexel have brought national recognition to Philadelphia through ground-breaking initiatives including in year 2000, becoming the first major university to operate a fully wireless campus and in year 2002, becoming the first to offer a wireless Web portal service for students and introducing the first student-run record label; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Papadakis's steward...