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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Gerald W. "Jerry" | ||||||
| 4 | Adelmann on the occasion of his retirement from serving as | ||||||
| 5 | head of the environmental conservation organization Openlands; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann received undergraduate and | ||||||
| 8 | graduate degrees at Georgetown University and George | ||||||
| 9 | Washington University; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann joined Openlands in 1980 to | ||||||
| 11 | coordinate a special program that led to the creation of the | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor, the | ||||||
| 13 | first federal land designation of its kind; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Inspired by this model, Gerald Adelmann launched | ||||||
| 15 | the Canal Corridor Association in 1982 to work within the | ||||||
| 16 | heritage corridor; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In 1988, Gerald Adelmann was appointed as head of | ||||||
| 18 | Openlands; under his guidance, Openlands launched the 21st | ||||||
| 19 | Century Open Space Plan, which called for expanded parklands, | ||||||
| 20 | greenways, and trails in northeastern Illinois and the | ||||||
| 21 | surrounding region; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann played an instrumental role in | ||||||
| 2 | establishing the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and formed | ||||||
| 3 | conservation partnerships across the region; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann has been involved in conservation | ||||||
| 5 | and historic preservation projects in China since the early | ||||||
| 6 | 1990s; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Since 2008, Gerald Adelmann has served as an | ||||||
| 8 | international advisor to the Yangon Heritage Trust in Myanmar, | ||||||
| 9 | advising on regional planning and sustainable development; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann lectures extensively throughout | ||||||
| 11 | the United States and abroad; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann is the vice chair of the Center | ||||||
| 13 | for Humans and Nature and an emeritus member of the National | ||||||
| 14 | Board of Advisors of the National Trust for Historic | ||||||
| 15 | Preservation; he also chairs the City of Chicago's Nature and | ||||||
| 16 | Wildlife Committee and is a member of several other boards and | ||||||
| 17 | commissions; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann's conservation and preservation | ||||||
| 19 | work has earned him prestigious accolades, including the | ||||||
| 20 | Hutchinson Medal from the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2012 and | ||||||
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| 1 | an honorary doctorate from Lewis University; he is also an | ||||||
| 2 | honorary member of the American Association of Landscape | ||||||
| 3 | Architects; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Gerald Adelmann has managed to save large swaths | ||||||
| 5 | of the local landscape for future generations; therefore, be | ||||||
| 6 | it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 8 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we congratulate Gerald W. "Jerry" Adelmann on the occasion of | ||||||
| 10 | his retirement from serving as president and CEO of the | ||||||
| 11 | environmental conservation organization Openlands; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to Gerald Adelmann as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 15 | respect.
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