HR0449 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Frank M. Burzynski on his retirement from the West Chicago Community High School District; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was born in 1948 in Stanley, Wisconsin; he graduated from Stanley-Boyd High School in 1966; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski married his high school sweetheart, Mary Ann Supple, 39 years ago in June of 1968 and they have raised three children, Jason, Tasha, and Tracy; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire in 1970; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was hired by West Chicago Community High School District 94 in the fall of 1970 and completed 37 years of successful teaching, beginning almost every day more than an hour early and finishing more than an hour late to provide his students with the extra help that only a dedicated teacher can provide; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski received a National Science Foundation grant to attend Notre Dame University and from there received a Master of Sciences Degree in Mathematics in 1974; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski participated in one of the very first federally funded high school computer courses in 1975, using the Hewlett Packard HP981OA; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was an integral part of the small cadre of math teachers that kept West Chicago Community High School at the leading edge of computer education, from the first IBM 1132 mainframe in 1967 to the full integration of micro computers into the math curriculum in the early 1980s; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was selected to work at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for three successive decades in a program that matched working math teachers with computer jobs in a facility at the leading edge of physics research; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski gave talks at mathematics conventions about computers, including a talk at the 1979 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics national convention; and

WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was a member of the choir at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Charles for 24 years; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Frank M. Burzynski on his retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Frank M. Burzynski as a symbol of our esteem and respect.