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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. J. David Arnold on the 
4occasion of his retirement as President of Eureka College and 
5his promotion to Chancellor; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Arnold has served as President of Eureka 
7College for 11 years; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Dr. Arnold's accomplishments as President include 
9numerous campus
improvements, a new residence hall, balanced 
10budgets, increased alumni support, and creation of
the Reagan 
11Forward initiative, which has brought guest lecturers such as 
12Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor and former Soviet President Mikhail 
13Gorbachev to the school; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Prior to joining Eureka College, Dr. Arnold was a 
15professor and administrator at St. Lawrence
University, 
16Clarion University, St. John Fisher College, and Missouri 
17Western State College; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Dr. Arnold is a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 
19and was the first
in his family to graduate from college; he 
20and his wife, Katherine, have three children and twin 
21granddaughters; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Eureka College was founded in 1855 and is the
alma 
2mater of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States; it 
3was the first college in Illinois, and the third in the
United 
4States to admit both men and women; therefore, be it
  
 


  
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
6NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
7congratulate Dr. J. David Arnold on his retirement as President 
8of Eureka College and his promotion to Chancellor, and we wish 
9him the best as he takes on his new duties; and be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to Dr. Arnold as an expression of our esteem and 
12respect.