Full Text of HR1021 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jordan Cotler and | 4 | | Adam Kalinich for their success in the Intel Science Talent | 5 | | Search; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Intel Science Talent Search is America's most | 7 | | prestigious pre-college science competition, with nearly 2,000 | 8 | | of the nation's most elite students competing for the $100,000 | 9 | | grand prize; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jordan Cotler, a Northbrook resident, is | 11 | | currently a senior at Glenbrook North High School; he came in | 12 | | 10th place and won an award of $20,000; his project involves a | 13 | | new method of encrypting fiber-optic and satellite | 14 | | communications using quantum mechanics and relativity; in his | 15 | | spare time, he is a professional magician who has patented | 16 | | magic tricks he has invented and sold to magicians worldwide; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Adam Kalinich, a Glen Ellyn resident, currently | 19 | | studies at the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora; he | 20 | | was one of 40 finalists and won an award of $7,500; his project | 21 | | explores the complexity of determining a winner in "poset | 22 | | games", strategy games for 2 players which involve a "partially |
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| 1 | | ordered set" of elements with varying values; his results for | 2 | | general poset games were published in a mathematical journal; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In order for the State of Illinois and the United | 5 | | States of America to retain and expand upon our position as | 6 | | economic and research leaders, our population requires | 7 | | individuals who attain world-class achievements in the areas of | 8 | | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, such as | 9 | | those attained by Jordan Cotler and Adam Kalinich; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Jordan Cotler and Adam Kalinich serve as models of | 11 | | hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the | 12 | | State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate Jordan Cotler and Adam Kalinich for their | 16 | | success in the Intel Science Talent Search and wish them | 17 | | success and happiness in their future endeavors; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Jordan Cotler and Adam Kalinich as a symbol of our | 21 | | esteem and respect.
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