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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate William E. Feurer 
4on the occasion of his retirement as the legal officer for the 
5Illinois Board of Higher Education in December of 2015; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, William Feurer has served with the Illinois Board 
7of Higher Education since 1973; during his tenure there, he has 
8served with great distinction and his wise legal counsel and 
9common sense have served the Board well; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, William Feurer has worked extensively on the 
11critical task of defining criteria and a system of priorities 
12for program planning and review of new and existing units of 
13instruction, research or public service at State universities 
14plus the operations and program offerings at private 
15institutions of higher education to ensure students have access 
16to academic programs of high quality; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, William Feurer helped to coordinate the statutory 
18realignment of 4 public university governing boards for 9 
19institutions (the Board of Governors of State Colleges and 
20Universities, the Board of Regents, the Board of Trustees of 
21Southern Illinois University, and the Board of Trustees of the 
22University of Illinois) into the current system of 9 boards of 
 
 
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1trustees; and
 
2    WHEREAS, William Feurer has established and maintained a 
3professional and purposeful relationship with members and 
4staff of the Board of Higher Education, fellow legal officers 
5at institutions of higher education in Illinois, members of the  
6General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on Administrative 
7Rules; and
 
8    WHEREAS, William Feurer served 17 years in the Navy Reserve 
9after being selected for service in 1952, which provided the 
10opportunity to attend Rice University in Houston, Texas and to 
11graduate from the School of Journalism at the University of 
12Missouri; he was commissioned into the United States Navy for 3 
13years and served on the U.S.S. Maloy, an experimental destroyer 
14escort; and
 
15    WHEREAS, William Feurer, a trained journalist in print for 
16weekly and small dailies, worked for the United Press 
17International in Chicago, and was transferred to work for the 
18United Press International in Springfield, where the main beat 
19was the State Capitol Building, covering the House, Senate, 
20gubernatorial news conferences, political campaigns, and other 
21things associated with State government; and
 
22    WHEREAS, William Feurer was hired by Governor Otto Kerner 
 
 
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1in 1962 as his assistant press secretary, speech writer, 
2coordinator for the Governor's weekly article and radio show, 
3Your Governor Reports, until 1968 when he  enrolled at the 
4University of Illinois Law School; and
 
5    WHEREAS, William Feurer was admitted to the Illinois Bar 
6Association on May 18, 1971; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, William Feurer worked for Senate President Cecil 
8A. Partee, the first African-American in Illinois history to 
9preside over a chamber of the State Legislature; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, William Feurer has practiced law in Springfield 
11for more than 44 years, during which time he has also served on 
12numerous community boards, committees, and commissions; he has 
13also served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of 
14Illinois at Springfield; therefore, be it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
16NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
17thank William E. Feurer for his service to the citizens of the 
18State of Illinois, especially to those who have been educated 
19at Illinois' colleges and universities, and extend our best 
20wishes to him in his retirement; and be it further
  
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
 
 
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1presented to William Feurer as a symbol of our esteem and 
2respect.