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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives would like to congratulate the Lincoln
4Technical Institute on its 75th anniversary; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Technical Institute is located in the
6beautiful city of Chicago and has a sister-campus located in
7Melrose Park; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Technical Institute's Chicago campus
9was founded in 1902 and was originally known as the Greer
10College of Automotive Engineering, later becoming the Greer
11Technical Institute; for more than ten decades, the school
12trained thousands of students in a variety of trades and
13vocations; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Greer Technical Institute became part of the
15Lincoln Institute in 1969 and subsequently adopted the name of
16Lincoln Technical Institute in 1981; and
 
17    WHEREAS, In 2001, the Norridge and Oak Lawn campuses
18merged and moved to a more modern facility in Melrose Park; the
19Melrose Park campus changed its name to Lincoln College of
20Technology in 2007; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Technical Institute was founded on
2the principle of keeping our nation positioned as the world's
3leading economy; as the country turned past World War II, the
4school provided invaluable training programs to help returning
5veterans rejoin the workforce; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Technical Institute has provided
7career training to individuals from all walks of life
8throughout its history; the students who have attended the
9schools have launched fulfilling and productive careers; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Technical Institute is extremely
11proud of the work it have done over the years at the Lincoln
12College of Technology, the Melrose Park campus, and all of its
13campuses throughout the nation; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Technical Institute has helped more
15than a quarter-million Lincoln graduates from all walks of
16life take their lives in new, rewarding directions by
17launching careers in the fields they love; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
19HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we congratulate the Lincoln Technical Institute on the
21institution's 75th anniversary and commend the achievements of
22its current and former students; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the Lincoln Technical Institute as a symbol of
3our esteem and respect.