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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Robin Hambleton on | ||||||
| 4 | his service as Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public | ||||||
| 5 | Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and to extend | ||||||
| 6 | best wishes to him on his new position as Professor of City | ||||||
| 7 | Leadership at the University of the West of England in Bristol, | ||||||
| 8 | United Kingdom; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton joined the faculty of the | ||||||
| 10 | University of Illinois at Chicago on April 1, 2002; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton has been responsible for many | ||||||
| 12 | accomplishments during his tenure as Dean of CUPPA at UIC; he | ||||||
| 13 | is responsible for the outstanding progress made on the | ||||||
| 14 | implementation of CUPPA's 2010 Strategic Plan, making | ||||||
| 15 | significant progress only halfway into the proposed timeline; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton has been instrumental in the rise | ||||||
| 18 | of the status and reputation of CUPPA within the fields of | ||||||
| 19 | urban planning and public administration, making UIC's Urban | ||||||
| 20 | Planning and Policy program the largest graduate planning | ||||||
| 21 | program and one of the top programs in the United States; a | ||||||
| 22 | recent comparative assessment of U.S. Public Administrative | ||||||
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| 1 | programs examining scholarly outputs and research performance | ||||||
| 2 | placed the program as the top public university program in the | ||||||
| 3 | country, and third overall; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton was integral in the creation and | ||||||
| 5 | introduction of an innovative Undergraduate Degree in Urban and | ||||||
| 6 | Public Affairs; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton has played a crucial role in the | ||||||
| 8 | strengthening of the national and international profile of | ||||||
| 9 | CUPPA and UIC; the International City Futures Conferences held | ||||||
| 10 | in 2004 was the first step of a process that has seen CUPPA | ||||||
| 11 | re-position itself as both a national leader and a respected | ||||||
| 12 | global player in the field of urban and public affairs; in July | ||||||
| 13 | 2008 the College will host the Joint Conference of the | ||||||
| 14 | Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the | ||||||
| 15 | Association of European Schools of Planning, an event that will | ||||||
| 16 | likely be the largest international conference ever held in the | ||||||
| 17 | US; in April 2009, the College will host the Annual Conference | ||||||
| 18 | of the Urban Affairs Association; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton's dedication to his profession | ||||||
| 20 | has truly been a model for the people of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | congratulate Robin Hambleton on his service to the University | ||||||
| 3 | of Illinois at Chicago and on his new position at the | ||||||
| 4 | University of the West of England in Bristol, and wish him | ||||||
| 5 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Dean Robin Hambleton as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 9 | respect.
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