HR0817 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate University of Illinois senior, Thomas Dowling, on being named a 2018 Rhodes Scholar; and

WHEREAS, Thomas Dowling is one of 32 students from the United States selected as a Rhodes Scholar for postgraduate study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom; he is the first Rhodes Scholar on the Urbana campus since 1998; and

WHEREAS, Thomas Dowling is a double major in political science and history and a James Scholar with a 4.0 GPA; he currently interns at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs investigating the state of the Illinois pension system; and

WHEREAS, Thomas Dowling has campaigned for and served as deputy chief of staff for State Rep. Carol Ammons; he was appointed to the Champaign Zoning Board of Appeals and served as a media consultant and organizing fellow for the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign; he interned at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., where he worked on rapid-response research and communications projects; he spent a semester as a Center for Strategic Research intern at the AFL-CIO, constructing strategies to help workers unionize and get more involved in the political process; and

WHEREAS, In 2017, Thomas Dowling was named a Truman Scholar and a Lincoln Academy Student Laureate; and

WHEREAS, Thomas Dowling is a first generation college student and was raised by a single mother; he plans to pursue a master's degree in comparative social policy and a master's degree in public policy; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate University of Illinois senior, Thomas Dowling, on being named a 2018 Rhodes Scholar, and we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Thomas Dowling as a symbol of our respect and esteem.