Full Text of HR0340 94th General Assembly
HR0340 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Marilyn Kay Johnson of Macomb is retiring from her | 3 |
| position as Executive Secretary to the President/Secretary to | 4 |
| the Board of Trustees at Western Illinois University in Macomb | 5 |
| after nearly 40 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on May 27, 1946, in Rushville; she | 7 |
| graduated from V.I.T. High School in Table Grove in 1964 and | 8 |
| received a 2-Year Executive Secretary diploma from Midstate | 9 |
| College of Commerce in Peoria in 1965; she married W. Garry | 10 |
| Johnson on June 25, 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, In her current position as Executive Secretary, | 12 |
| under supervision from the President and the Trustees, Mrs. | 13 |
| Johnson is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance | 14 |
| of the President's and Trustees' office, which requires the | 15 |
| development, initiation, delegation, and coordination of work | 16 |
| flow, assignments, and production; she makes decisions which | 17 |
| represent the University, the President, and the Board on | 18 |
| matters of importance and sensitivity to the institution; she | 19 |
| works directly with the President and the Trustees, campus | 20 |
| constituency groups, and community, regional, State, and other | 21 |
| contacts to promote the objectives of the President and his | 22 |
| office; and she deals with a complexity of campus operation | 23 |
| concerns and as related to the University, community, regional, | 24 |
| State, national, and International concerns; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Prior to working in her current position, she | 26 |
| worked as a Clerk Stenographer and Personnel Assistant at | 27 |
| Western, beginning in 1965; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, She is active in both her community and in | 29 |
| professional organizations and serves on the McDonough County | 30 |
| 708 Board of Directors, the Western Athletic Club Board of | 31 |
| Directors, and is a member of the WIU University Women's Club, |
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| the Women of Western; she has been actively involved in | 2 |
| countless other boards and committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Mrs. Johnson was the 1992 | 4 |
| recipient of the Performing Arts Society's Ruth Watts Award; | 5 |
| she also received Western Illinois University's Outstanding | 6 |
| Community Service Award in April of 1992 and was named one of | 7 |
| WIU's Women of Western during the Centennial Celebration in | 8 |
| 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, She especially enjoys being with family and | 10 |
| friends, water and sun activities, travel, reading, and | 11 |
| writing; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we congratulate Marilyn Kay Johnson on the occasion of her | 15 |
| retirement, and we wish her well in all of her future | 16 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem and | 19 |
| with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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