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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 University of 
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Chicago professor Roger Myerson on the occasion of winning the 
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2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on mechanism design 
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theory; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Myerson was born on March 29, 1951 in 
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Boston, Massachusetts; he earned his doctorate in mathematics 
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from Harvard University in 1976; after graduation, he took an 
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assistant professor job at Northwestern University, becoming 
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full professor in 1982; he taught and researched at 
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Northwestern until 2001, when he joined the University of 
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Chicago; he also served as a visiting professor of economics at 
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the University of Chicago from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 
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2001; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Myerson received his Nobel Prize for his 
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work on "mechanism design theory", an offshoot of "game theory" 
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that examines how people interact to create private profit or, 
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in politics, social progress; he is also the author of the 
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"revenue equivalence theorem," which maps the connections 
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between parties to transactions so that they are more likely to 
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reveal the parameters of their interests accurately; his work 
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has been extensively quoted by numerous eminent theorists and 
 


 






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has been applied to numerous studies of the nature of democracy 
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and voting tendencies in Iraq and other nations; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Myerson and his wife Regina have lived in 
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Wilmette for 24 years; their daughter Rebecca is a Fulbright 
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scholar studying social psychology in Beijing, and their son 
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Daniel is a first-year law student; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Myerson has honored the citizens of 
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Illinois' 18th District by generously sharing his time and 
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considerable knowledge with his neighbors through community 
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events and speaking engagements; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Myerson's contributions to the field of 
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economic and political analysis has been to the great benefit 
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of the staff and students of the University of Chicago, the 
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citizens of the United States, and the world at large; 
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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 Roger Myerson on the occasion of winning the 2007 
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Nobel Prize in Economics and wish him continued success and 
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happiness in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
 


 






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presented to Roger Myerson as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.