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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Louis M. Grado, Ph.D., was a dedicated member of | ||||||
| 3 | the Eastern Illinois
University faculty from 1955 until 1989; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Grado taught in the field of elementary | ||||||
| 6 | education and provided
invaluable insight into the training of | ||||||
| 7 | teachers; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Grado was appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 9 | University to head
the newly established Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Elementary and Junior High School
education in 1970; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, His work, until his retirement, served to | ||||||
| 12 | significantly and measurably
strengthen the education and | ||||||
| 13 | training of future teachers; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Grado's work in education extended beyond our | ||||||
| 15 | national
boundaries; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Grado took a two-year leave of absence to | ||||||
| 17 | assume an advisory
position at a school in rural Nicaragua | ||||||
| 18 | through work with the
International Cooperation | ||||||
| 19 | Administration; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Grado was responsible for all facets of | ||||||
| 2 | faculty and staff
development and training at his new school; | ||||||
| 3 | and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Grado's work came to play an important role in | ||||||
| 5 | the development
of teacher training processes related to rural | ||||||
| 6 | education throughout
Nicaragua; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we publicly
recognize and commend the work of Dr. Louis M. | ||||||
| 10 | Grado that so greatly
affected the lives of students, faculty, | ||||||
| 11 | and staff at Eastern Illinois University; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the
tremendous value of the | ||||||
| 13 | work completed by Dr. Grado to further teacher
training and | ||||||
| 14 | student development in rural Nicaragua; and be it further | ||||||
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That we honor Dr. Louis M.
Grado for his | ||||||
| 17 | contributions to the field of education that will benefit | ||||||
| 18 | teachers
and students around the world for many generations to | ||||||
| 19 | come.
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