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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 Dr. Eric Jakobsson 
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on his retirement from the University of Illinois at 
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Urbana-Champaign; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Jakobsson served the University of 
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Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in exemplary fashion for 39 years 
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in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology; the 
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications; 
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Bioengineering; the Center for Biophysics and Computational 
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Biology; the Department of Biochemisty; the Neuroscience 
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Program; and the Beckman Institute as a researcher, teacher, 
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and administrator; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson received his B.A from Columbia 
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College, his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia 
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University School of Engineering, and his Ph.D. in physics from 
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Dartmouth College; in addition, he received postdoctoral 
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training at Case Western Reserve University in physiology; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson has made major contributions 
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nationally in research administration in computational biology 
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as the first Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and 
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Computational Biology at the National Institute of General 
 


 






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Medical Sciences in the National Institutes of Health, which 
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supported research that joins biology with computer science, 
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engineering, mathematics, and physics; in that capacity he 
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chaired the National Institutes of Health Biomedical 
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Information Science and Technology Initiative Consortium and 
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participated broadly in planning related to computational 
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biology; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson has been an outstanding teacher and 
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mentor, receiving the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 
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Advising Award, being named to the Incomplete List of Excellent 
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Teachers, and being nominated for the College of Liberal Arts 
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and Sciences Teaching Award; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson is an exceptional scientist who is 
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studying the biology of ion channels, which among other things 
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underlie all nervous activity and the transport of ions across 
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membranes, by state-of-the-art computational and bioinformatic 
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approaches; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson has lectured nationally and 
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internationally on his research; he has received continuous 
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funding for his research from the National Science Foundation 
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and the National Institutes of Health; he has served on many 
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national review panels, and  has published his work in more than 
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100 peer-reviewed manuscripts; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson was elected as a Fellow of the 
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American Physical Society; Dr. Jakobsson has been active in 
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administrative functions at the University of Illinois, 
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serving as Director of the Bioengineering Program, Director of 
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the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, and 
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Director of the National Center for Design of Biomimetic 
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Nanoconductors; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Jakobsson is married to Illinois State 
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Representative Naomi Jokobsson; together, they are the proud 
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parents of eight children, two by birth and six by adoption; 
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they have also been foster parents to many children; in 
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addition, they are the doting grandparents of eleven 
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grandchildren who will happily be a part of Dr. Jakobsson's 
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retirement plans; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Dr. Eric Jakobsson on his retirement, thank him 
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for his years of service, and wish him the best in all his 
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future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Dr. Eric Jakobsson as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.