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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois join with Representative Monique Davis in
4 congratulating Dr. Stanley Strom, Assistant Principal of
5 Morgan Park High School, on the occasion of his retirement
6 after 37 years of service with the Chicago Public Schools; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Dr. Strom began his career in January of 1968,
8 when he was hired by the Chicago Board of Education to teach
9 English and Spanish at Morgan Park High School; in 1971, he was
10 appointed counselor at Morgan Park High School; he was later
11 appointed director of curriculum and instruction for the
12 District 18 Chicago Board of Education; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In 1974, he worked with Catholic pastors, the
14 Beverly Area Planning Association, Beverly Bank, and the
15 political community to establish the Morgan Park Catholic Youth
16 Ministry and served on its board of directors; from 1978 to
17 2000, he served as a part time assistant professor of education
18 at National Louis University; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Dr. Strom was appointed coordinator of a drop out
20 prevention program at Bowen High School in 1981, and in 1982,
21 he returned to Morgan Park to begin the 7-12 Academic Center;
22 he was appointed assistant principal in charge of day to day
23 operations at Morgan Park High School in 1997; and
 
24     WHEREAS, He was the 1985 recipient of the Aquin Guild
25 Catholic Educator of the Year Award, and he was named the
26 University of Illinois at Chicago Counselor of the Year in both
27 1995 and 1996; he went on to receive the Assistant Principals
28 Association Distinguished Leadership Award in 2001; and
 
29     WHEREAS, In 2003, he was ordained a Catholic Deacon for the
30 Archdiocese of Chicago and was appointed to serve at Holy Name

 

 

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1 Cathedral; upon his retirement, he will take on that position
2 in a full-time capacity; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we congratulate Dr. Stanley Strom on the occasion of his
6 retirement, and we thank him for his many years of dedication
7 to educating students in the State of Illinois; and be it
8 further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Dr. Strom as an expression of our respect and
11 esteem and with best wishes for successful future endeavors.