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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize Lee Milner for his years of | ||||||
| 4 | service to the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner was born in Breese and spent his early | ||||||
| 6 | years in Southern Illinois; he attended school in West Liberty | ||||||
| 7 | and Beecher City and graduated from Bridgeport High School; he | ||||||
| 8 | earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Southern | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois University Carbondale (SIU); during summers and after | ||||||
| 10 | graduation, he served as a photojournalist for the Effingham | ||||||
| 11 | Daily News; he joined the U.S. Army and proudly served for two | ||||||
| 12 | years during the Vietnam War; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner worked in public relations and took | ||||||
| 14 | courses at MacMurray College in Jacksonville following his | ||||||
| 15 | discharge from the military; when the SIU Medical School | ||||||
| 16 | started in 1971, he accepted a position as photographer and | ||||||
| 17 | audio-visual manager for Memorial Hospital, serving the | ||||||
| 18 | medical school; he then went to Washington DC to serve as media | ||||||
| 19 | and legislative aide to Olney's congressman, George Shipley, | ||||||
| 20 | in 1974; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner returned to Springfield to marry Cindy | ||||||
| 22 | in late 1974; he stayed and began working as assistant press | ||||||
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| 1 | secretary to Illinois House Speaker William A. Redmond in | ||||||
| 2 | 1975; when needed, he performed most of his supervisor's | ||||||
| 3 | duties for the speaker and caucus members; in addition, he | ||||||
| 4 | used his own equipment to meet the photographic needs of | ||||||
| 5 | members, including documenting the visits of former Chicago | ||||||
| 6 | Mayor Richard Daley; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner was recruited to assume leadership of | ||||||
| 8 | the communications division of the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 9 | Education; he took an early retirement and became director of | ||||||
| 10 | community and governmental relations for Springfield's | ||||||
| 11 | community blood center, now Impact Life; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner graduated from the FBI Citizens | ||||||
| 13 | Academy in 2009; he served as the president of the FBI | ||||||
| 14 | Springfield Citizens Academy Alumni Association for seven | ||||||
| 15 | years and is currently the president emeritus; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner currently manages the Capitol Bureau | ||||||
| 17 | of the Illinois Times and takes many pictures of lawmakers in | ||||||
| 18 | action; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Lee Milner is most proud of his family and enjoys | ||||||
| 20 | spending time with his beloved wife, Cindy, his two children, | ||||||
| 21 | and grandchildren; therefore, be it | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we recognize Lee Milner for his years of service to the State | ||||||
| 4 | of Illinois, and we wish him the best in all his future | ||||||
| 5 | endeavors; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Lee Milner as a symbol of our respect and esteem. | ||||||