Full Text of HR0970 94th General Assembly
HR0970 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Kenneth C. Hendriksen is retiring after 33 | 3 |
| years in education; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Hendriksen holds a Ph.D. in educational | 5 |
| administration from Southern Illinois University at | 6 |
| Carbondale, a Specialist in Education degree from Eastern | 7 |
| Illinois University, and two Master of Science degrees, one in | 8 |
| administrative certification from Southern Illinois University | 9 |
| at Edwardsville and one in guidance and counseling from Western | 10 |
| Illinois University; he earned a B.A. in biology from Lewis | 11 |
| University and is a graduate of Weber High School in Chicago; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, He has served as the Superintendent of Schools of | 14 |
| Mt. Zion Community Unit School District #3 since 1985; the | 15 |
| district includes 2,450 students at five schools; prior to | 16 |
| serving as superintendent, he was principal of Mt. Zion High | 17 |
| School and Carrollton High School; he also worked as director | 18 |
| of guidance at Carrollton Community Unit School District #1; | 19 |
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure at Mt. Zion, numerous | 21 |
| renovations, new buildings, and additions have been completed; | 22 |
| two referenda were passed; he managed an annual budget of $18 | 23 |
| to $20 million; he initiated the Mt. Zion Foundation for | 24 |
| Quality Education; and achievement scores have placed the high | 25 |
| school in the top 50 three years straight; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, He is a member of several professional | 27 |
| organizations, including the Illinois Association of School | 28 |
| Administrators (member of the board of directors), the American | 29 |
| Association of School Administrators (member and served on the | 30 |
| advisory board), Partners in Education (board member and | 31 |
| chairman), the Central Illinois Education Service Center #14 |
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| (chairman), the Heartland Region Education for Employment | 2 |
| System (chairman), Macon-Platt Special Education (chairman), | 3 |
| and the Mt. Zion Foundation for Quality Education (founder and | 4 |
| member); he was an Educationis Lumen nominee at Lewis | 5 |
| University in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been active civically in the Mt. Zion Lions | 7 |
| Club (officer and board of directors), the American Legion | 8 |
| Baseball Post #475 (officer), the American Red Cross (regional | 9 |
| officer), and he served on the Macon County Regional Planning | 10 |
| Board (member); and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Hendriksen is married to Kathy and is the | 12 |
| father of David, Rebecca, John, and Steven; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we congratulate Dr. Kenneth C. Hendriksen on the occasion of | 16 |
| his retirement after 33 years in education, and we thank him | 17 |
| for the many years he has devoted to the education of children | 18 |
| of our State; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to him as an expression of our esteem.
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