Full Text of HR1160 93rd General Assembly
HR1160 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Ronald H. Dodd on | 4 |
| the occasion of his retirement after over 40 years in the parks | 5 |
| and recreation field; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd has served as the Executive Director for | 7 |
| the Joliet Park District since 1988, where his responsibilities | 8 |
| include reporting to the Board of Commissioners; management of | 9 |
| revenue-based facilities, regional airport, conservatory, | 10 |
| neighborhood and regional parks; and a comprehensive | 11 |
| recreation activity delivery system; he assisted with the | 12 |
| formation of the Joliet Alliance for Youth which brought 35 | 13 |
| youth service organizations together to coordinate year-round | 14 |
| youth program schedules and a summer lunch program; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd has served as the Deputy General | 16 |
| Superintendent at the Chicago Park District, where he was | 17 |
| responsible for establishing a decentralized service delivery | 18 |
| format and the initiation of citizen advisory councils at 150 | 19 |
| recreation centers; he assisted in the success of one of the | 20 |
| first plastic recycling programs implemented by a municipal | 21 |
| agency; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure in the parks and recreation | 23 |
| field, Mr. Dodd's organizations have been recognized; in 1993, | 24 |
| the Joliet Park District was the National Gold Medal Award | 25 |
| winner, and while serving as the Assistant Director of Parks | 26 |
| and Recreation for the City of Dallas, the organization was the | 27 |
| winner of the 1985 Gold Medal Award; he also received two | 28 |
| Innovative Project awards from the City of Dallas; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1970, Mr. Dodd was serving as the | 30 |
| Superintendent of Recreation for the Arlington Heights Park | 31 |
| District, when he and colleagues from six other park districts |
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| formed the Northwest Special Recreation Association, which had | 2 |
| the responsibility of providing leisure services to the | 3 |
| disabled population; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd received a Bachelor of Arts degree from | 5 |
| Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and a Master of Science degree | 6 |
| in Park and Recreation Management from the University of | 7 |
| Illinois at Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd has been active in several professional | 9 |
| organiations, and has served as president, chairman, or as a | 10 |
| member of the Board of Directors for many of them, including | 11 |
| the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), the | 12 |
| American Park and Recreation Society, the Great Lakes Regional | 13 |
| Council, the NRPA Council of State Presidents, the American | 14 |
| Academy for Park and Recreation Administration, the | 15 |
| At-Risk-Youth Colloquium and Forum on Contemporary Issues, the | 16 |
| Illinois Park and Recreation Association, the James Foundation | 17 |
| National Symposium series, and the Illinois-Michigan Canal | 18 |
| National Heritage Corridor Commission; he has served on several | 19 |
| Council on Accreditation University visitation teams; he | 20 |
| served as chairman of the Board of Regents for the nationally | 21 |
| recognized Revenue Sources Management School, Sports | 22 |
| Management School, and the National Institute of Golf | 23 |
| Management held at Oglebay Park in Wheeling, West Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd has written many articles and researched | 25 |
| monographs for various recreation publications and has been | 26 |
| invited to lecture at universities and professional training | 27 |
| institutes; his studies and leadership have taken him to | 28 |
| England, Japan, China, and Korea; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd is the recipient of the prestigious | 30 |
| Charles K. Brighbill Award and Joseph J. Bannon Practitioner | 31 |
| Award from the University of Illinois; the National Park | 32 |
| Foundation awarded him the Cornelius A. Pugsley Medal for |
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| outstanding contributions to local parks, recreation, and | 2 |
| conservation; the Illinois Park and Recreation Association | 3 |
| elected him to a lifetime membership and selected him for the | 4 |
| Robert Artz Award for his commitment to establishing citizen | 5 |
| advisory councils; he received the NRPA's highest honor, the | 6 |
| Distinguished Professional Award, Luther College awarded him | 7 |
| the Distinguished Alumni Award, and the University of Northern | 8 |
| Iowa selected him for the E.J. McElroy Scholar Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dodd has been an adjunct faculty member at the | 10 |
| University of St. Francis in Joliet for the past 12 years; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate Ronald H. Dodd on the occasion of his retirement | 15 |
| after over 40 years in the parks and recreation field; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Ronald H. Dodd as an expression of our respect and | 19 |
| esteem for his many contributions to the parks and recreation | 20 |
| field and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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