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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Howard L. Miller of |
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| Aurora on being inducted into the Tuskegee University Athletic |
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| Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, Howard L. Miller enrolled at Tuskegee University |
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| in the fall of 1962 after completing a highly successful four |
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| year career as quarterback at Cobb High School, Aniston, |
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| Alabama; he continued his legacy by earning the quarterback |
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| position as a freshman with the Golden Tiger football squad; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, As a member of the Golden Tiger team his accuracy |
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| and deep passes earned him colorful nicknames such as "the Mad |
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| Bomber", "The Rifleman", "The Gun Slinger", and "Y.A. Tittle"; |
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| from the position of quarterback Howard Miller lettered each of |
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| his four years of play with a won/lost record of 20-10-2; and
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| WHEREAS, Howard Miller was also credited with having the |
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| most touchdown passes to a single wide receiver, the most |
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| touchdown passes in a game, and the most multiple touchdowns |
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| passes; these were incredible statistics for a player who was |
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| only 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 160 pounds; and
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| WHEREAS, Howard Miller was active in campus life as a |
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| student while at Tuskegee, working with the Tuskegee Institute |
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| Community Education Program (TICEP), Huntington Hall |
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| renovation, voter registration, and the political campaign |
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| which helped to elect the first African-American Sheriff in |
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| Macon County; and
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| WHEREAS, Howard Miller's professional career was filled |
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| with many accolades and honors, one of which was being the |
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| first African-American to work in the Applications Department |
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| at the Henry Pratt Whitney Company in Aurora; he is involved |
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| with several professional, social, and civic organizations |
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| which include Junior Achievement, community softball coach, |
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| the NAACP, Urban League Main Baptist Church hospital ministry, |
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| and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; he also served a tour of duty in |
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| the United States Army from 1967 through 1969; 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 Howard Miller on being inducted into the Tuskegee |
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| University Athletic Hall of Fame; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Howard Miller as a symbol of our respect and |
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| admiration.
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