Full Text of HR0449 95th General Assembly
HR0449 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Frank M. Burzynski | 4 |
| on his retirement from the West Chicago Community High School | 5 |
| District; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was born in 1948 in Stanley, | 7 |
| Wisconsin; he graduated from Stanley-Boyd High School in 1966; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski married his high school | 10 |
| sweetheart, Mary Ann Supple, 39 years ago in June of 1968 and | 11 |
| they have raised three children, Jason, Tasha, and Tracy; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski graduated Magna Cum Laude with | 13 |
| a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Wisconsin | 14 |
| State University-Eau Claire in 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was hired by West Chicago | 16 |
| Community High School District 94 in the fall of 1970 and | 17 |
| completed 37 years of successful teaching, beginning almost | 18 |
| every day more than an hour early and finishing more than an | 19 |
| hour late to provide his students with the extra help that only | 20 |
| a dedicated teacher can provide; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski received a National Science | 2 |
| Foundation grant to attend Notre Dame University and from there | 3 |
| received a Master of Sciences Degree in Mathematics in 1974; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski participated in one of the very | 6 |
| first federally funded high school computer courses in 1975, | 7 |
| using the Hewlett Packard HP981OA; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was an integral part of the | 9 |
| small cadre of math teachers that kept West Chicago Community | 10 |
| High School at the leading edge of computer education, from the | 11 |
| first IBM 1132 mainframe in 1967 to the full integration of | 12 |
| micro computers into the math curriculum in the early 1980s; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was selected to work at the | 15 |
| Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for three successive | 16 |
| decades in a program that matched working math teachers with | 17 |
| computer jobs in a facility at the leading edge of physics | 18 |
| research; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski gave talks at mathematics | 20 |
| conventions about computers, including a talk at the 1979 | 21 |
| National Council of Teachers of Mathematics national | 22 |
| convention; and |
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| WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was a member of the choir at | 2 |
| St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Charles for 24 years; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| congratulate Frank M. Burzynski on his retirement and wish him | 7 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Frank M. Burzynski as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 |
| respect.
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