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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Eric Radtke as
4he retires as president of Prairie State College; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke has served as president of Prairie
6State College since 2008; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke has an extensive background in the
8field of higher education administration; prior to joining
9Prairie State College, Dr. Eric Radtke served as Executive
10Vice-President of Administration at Cuyahoga Community College
11in Cleveland, Ohio; before his time at Cuyahoga Community
12College, he spent 6 years in the United Arab Emirates, where he
13served as chief planning, budget, and human resources officer
14for Higher College of Technology, a system of 12 technical
15colleges serving 16,000 Emirati Students across the UAE; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Prior to his service in the United Arab Emirates,
17Dr. Eric Radtke served as Vice-President of Finance and
18Operations for Minneapolis Community and Technical College
19from 1996 to 2000, and he served in various senior
20administrative roles for the Minnesota Community College
21System from 1985 to 1995; he was instrumental in implementing
22the merger of the technical colleges, state universities, and

 

 

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1community colleges into a single new system, which today is
2known as Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or MnSCU;
3and
 
4    WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke dabbled in politics and government
5before moving to the world of higher education; from 1980 to
61984, he served the Minnesota Legislature as a fiscal and
7policy analyst for the House Appropriations Committee; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke received his Ph.D. in Higher
9Education Policy and Administration and his masters of arts in
10Public Affairs from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at
11the University of Minnesota; he received his bachelors degree
12in Community Science (Psychology) from the University of
13Wisconsin-Green Bay; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Dr. Eric Radtke has been married to Jane Eccles
15for 38 years and they have 2 children, Caitlin Eccles-Radtke
16M.D. and Erica Eccles-Radtke Psy.D.; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we congratulate Dr. Eric Radtke on the occasion of his
20retirement, thank him for his commitment to higher education,
21and wish him the best with all his future endeavours; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Dr. Eric Radtke as an expression of our esteem and
3respect.