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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Michael Madden on
4 the occasion of his 40th year as Director of the Schaumburg
5 Township District Library; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Schaumburg Township District Library's
7 history begins in 1958, when a committee was organized to
8 investigate the formation of a library; the library opened in
9 1963 in a house near the corner of Roselle and Schaumburg Road
10 in Schaumburg; in 1965, a new library on Library Lane was
11 opened, with its lower level and Children's Department opening
12 in 1968; in 1976, the library opened its first branch, the
13 Hoffman Estates Branch Library on Hassell Road; the library's
14 second branch, Hanover Park Branch Library, was opened in 1993;
15 the library moved into its current 166,500 square foot building
16 in Town Square in 1998; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Prior to his tenure as Director of the Schaumburg
18 Township District Library, Michael Madden worked as a teacher
19 in the Chicago Public Schools from 1961 to 1963; he worked as a
20 teacher and librarian at Ridgewood High School from 1963 until
21 1965, when he accepted a position as a professional assistant
22 with the American Library Association, working there until
23 1967, when he was selected to be the Director of the Schaumburg

 

 

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1 Township District Library; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Michael Madden served as an adjunct assistant
3 professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information
4 Science at Dominican University from 1983 to 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Michael Madden earned his bachelor's degree in
6 English from Marquette University in 1960, his master's degree
7 in English from Loyola University in 1963, and his master's
8 degree in Library Science from the University of Chicago in
9 1967; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Michael Madden is a member of the American Library
11 Association, the Illinois Library Association, and the Rotary
12 Club of Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Under the superb leadership of Michael Madden, the
14 Schaumburg Township District Library has developed a
15 reputation of excellence that is worthy of the greatest
16 respect; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 congratulate Michael Madden on the occasion of his 40th year as
20 Director of the Schaumburg Township District Library and wish
21 him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it

 

 

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1 further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Michael Madden as a symbol of our esteem and
4 respect.