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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dick Shockey, a longtime Danville Area Community
3 College (DACC) administrator, will retire May 1, 2005, as
4 vice-president of finance and administration; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He taught and coached in Iowa after graduating
6 from college and was a superintendent before going to a
7 community college in Rhinelander, Wisconsin; he was at
8 Rhinelander four years before coming to DACC; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He is known for his years of service as director
10 of the NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, but he
11 has been instrumental in many developments on the eastside
12 Danville campus; although he will retire from DACC, he will
13 continue as tournament director; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Many of the accomplishments that have occurred in
15 the past 16 years at DACC have been a result of his leadership
16 and involvement; he has been responsible for the finances,
17 facilities, administrative computers, bookstore, campus
18 service, and athletics during his tenure at DACC; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Probably his biggest challenge has been the NJCAA
20 tournament; in 1993, the tournament moved to Danville and he
21 has been the tournament director ever since; the community
22 continues to be very supportive of the tournament; therefore,
23 be it
 
24     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we express our sincere appreciation to Dick Shockey for his
27 exemplary service to the Danville Area Community College, and
28 extend to him our best wishes as he continues on as the NJCAA
29 tournament director; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Dick Shockey as an expression of our esteem.