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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Frank M. Burzynski
4 on his retirement from the West Chicago Community High School
5 District; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was born in 1948 in Stanley,
7 Wisconsin; he graduated from Stanley-Boyd High School in 1966;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski married his high school
10 sweetheart, Mary Ann Supple, 39 years ago in June of 1968 and
11 they have raised three children, Jason, Tasha, and Tracy; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski graduated Magna Cum Laude with
13 a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Wisconsin
14 State University-Eau Claire in 1970; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was hired by West Chicago
16 Community High School District 94 in the fall of 1970 and
17 completed 37 years of successful teaching, beginning almost
18 every day more than an hour early and finishing more than an
19 hour late to provide his students with the extra help that only
20 a dedicated teacher can provide; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski received a National Science
2 Foundation grant to attend Notre Dame University and from there
3 received a Master of Sciences Degree in Mathematics in 1974;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski participated in one of the very
6 first federally funded high school computer courses in 1975,
7 using the Hewlett Packard HP981OA; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was an integral part of the
9 small cadre of math teachers that kept West Chicago Community
10 High School at the leading edge of computer education, from the
11 first IBM 1132 mainframe in 1967 to the full integration of
12 micro computers into the math curriculum in the early 1980s;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was selected to work at the
15 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for three successive
16 decades in a program that matched working math teachers with
17 computer jobs in a facility at the leading edge of physics
18 research; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski gave talks at mathematics
20 conventions about computers, including a talk at the 1979
21 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics national
22 convention; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was a member of the choir at
2 St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Charles for 24 years;
3 therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
6 congratulate Frank M. Burzynski on his retirement and wish him
7 continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
8 further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Frank M. Burzynski as a symbol of our esteem and
11 respect.