Full Text of HR0930 95th General Assembly
HR0930 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, President George W. Bush has nominated Dr. Gary D. | 3 |
| Glenn, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Political | 4 |
| Science at Northern Illinois University, to serve on the | 5 |
| National Council for the Humanities; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Gary Glenn's distinguished career at Northern | 7 |
| Illinois University has spanned four decades, beginning in 1966 | 8 |
| as Assistant Professor; he became Associate Professor in 1978, | 9 |
| holding Assistant Chair from 1979 to 1986; he has been a Full | 10 |
| Professor since 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Glenn was given the distinctive titles of | 12 |
| Presidential Teaching Professor in 2000 and Distinguished | 13 |
| Teaching Professor in 2004; he continues to serve the | 14 |
| university as Professor Emeritus, teaching an honors seminar in | 15 |
| political science; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Glenn is a prolific scholar of political | 17 |
| philosophy, American political thought, and religion and the | 18 |
| Constitution, having so far published 18 articles and 12 book | 19 |
| chapters; he has given some 70 local, national, and | 20 |
| international public lectures and presented 58 professional | 21 |
| conference papers; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Glenn is the recipient of numerous awards | 2 |
| honoring his scholarship and teaching, including the Great | 3 |
| Professor Award, University Honors Program, Northern Illinois | 4 |
| University (2003); Michael C. Maibach Outstanding Political | 5 |
| Theory Faculty Award (2001, 2002); Outstanding Teaching in | 6 |
| Political Science Award presented by The American Political | 7 |
| Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political | 8 |
| Science Honor Society (2000); Honorary Inductee, Golden Key | 9 |
| National Honor Society (1999); Honorary Inductee, Phi Kappa Phi | 10 |
| National Scholastic Honorary (1996); Outstanding Faculty | 11 |
| Member Award by Northern Illinois University Pan-Hellenic | 12 |
| Council (1995); Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, | 13 |
| Northern Illinois University (1995); Division of Student | 14 |
| Affairs Recognition Award, Northern Illinois University, for | 15 |
| contributions to the Political Science\Pre-Law\Public Affairs | 16 |
| Residence Hall Program (1986); Award for Excellence in Graduate | 17 |
| Teaching, Northern Illinois University Chapter of Pi Sigma | 18 |
| Alpha (1983); and the Distinguished Professor Award Northern | 19 |
| Illinois University Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa scholastic | 20 |
| honorary fraternity (1973); and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Professor Glenn has | 22 |
| participated in a number of grant-funded studies, fellowships, | 23 |
| and academic sabbaticals; some of his research has been | 24 |
| supported by the University Research Grant (1973, 1975, 1976), | 25 |
| Graduate School Grant (1981, 1989, 1990, 1991), and Earhart |
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| Foundation Grant (1990, 1991, 1993); his studies are many, but | 2 |
| include "Ethics and the Public Servant", "Religion and the | 3 |
| Constitution", "The Judicialization of the Bill of Rights", | 4 |
| "Inalienable Rights in Classical Liberalism", and "Religion in | 5 |
| Western Political and Ethical Thought"; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The National Council for the Humanities is a 26 | 7 |
| member advisory board to the National Endowment for the | 8 |
| Humanities (NEH), an independent agency of the federal | 9 |
| government which promotes excellence in the humanities; the | 10 |
| National Council for the Humanities advises the NEH on grant | 11 |
| applications, as well as matters of national policy; therefore, | 12 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| extend our congratulations to Dr. Gary Glenn, a highly | 16 |
| qualified nominee to serve on the National Council for | 17 |
| Humanities, and we urge the U.S. Senate to confirm him to this | 18 |
| post; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 |
| delivered to the President pro tempore of the Senate, the | 21 |
| Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Chairman and | 22 |
| Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, | 23 |
| Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the U.S. Senate members of |
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| the Illinois Congressional Delegation; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Dr. Gary Glenn as an expression of our esteem.
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