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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate NASA astronaut |
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| Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner, a Danville native, on a successful |
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| career; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tanner was born on January 21, 1950, in |
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| Danville, to Drs. L.W. and Megan Tanner; he is an Eagle Scout |
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| and was taught to fly by his father at the Vermilion County |
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| Airport; he graduated from Danville High School in 1968 and |
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| received a B.S. in engineering in 1973 from the University of |
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| Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a star swimmer; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined the U.S. Navy after college, earning his |
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| pilot wings in 1975; he served as an advanced jet instructor in |
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| Florida, before starting at NASA in 1984 as an aerospace |
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| engineer and research pilot; and
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| WHEREAS, He has participated in four space shuttle missions |
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| and has logged 43 days, 13 hours, and 15 minutes in space; he |
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| has completed multiple space walks, including two on STS-82 |
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| aboard Space Shuttle Discovery to service the Hubble Space |
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| Telescope, and most recently on STS-115 aboard Space Shuttle |
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| Atlantis to install solar panels on the International Space |
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| Station; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tanner has been honored for his service with |
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| the Military Aviation Hall of Fame Exceptional Service Medal, |
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| the
Stewart M. Present Flight Achievement Award, and the
State |
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| Flight Medal (NASA); he received the
JSC Superior Achievement |
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| Award and the
Outstanding Alumnus of the Department of |
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| Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of |
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| Illinois, where he was also a
top 100 graduate; and
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| WHEREAS, When he returns from a mission in space, Mr. |
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| Tanner always goes to Danville-area schools to share an |
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| astronaut's perspective with students; he and his wife, Martha, |
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| live in Houston, Texas, with two sons, William and Matthew; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tanner returned from STS-115, his most recent |
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| space shuttle mission, on Thursday, September 21, 2006; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner on a successful career with |
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| NASA, including four space shuttle missions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Mr. Tanner as an expression of our deepest respect |
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| and esteem and with best wishes for the future.
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