Full Text of HR1105 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 Robert E. | 4 | | Ritschel, President of Spoon River College, on his retirement; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert E. Ritschel, the seventh president of Spoon | 7 | | River College, assumed this leadership post on August 1, 2005; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ritschel is a career educator, having been | 10 | | associated as a teacher or administrator in both community | 11 | | colleges and universities in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, | 12 | | Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, and Texas; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma; he received a | 14 | | Bachelor of Arts in Education from Northeastern Oklahoma State | 15 | | University, a Master of Music from the University of Texas at | 16 | | Austin, and a Doctor of Education from the University of | 17 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ritschel has taught students from junior high | 19 | | to graduate school and has published articles in several | 20 | | national educational journals and higher education | 21 | | publications; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He is a member of the Canton Rotary Club, serving | 2 | | recently as president; he received the Rotarian of the Year by | 3 | | the Malden, Missouri Rotary in 1997-98, and he served as a | 4 | | member of the Board of Directors for the Steamboat Springs, | 5 | | Colorado, Rotary Club, where he was a member from 2000-2005; he | 6 | | is also a Paul Harris Fellow; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He will enjoy retirement along with his wife of 43 | 8 | | years, Sharyl; his daughters Jennifer and Karen; his grandsons | 9 | | Ethan, Max, Jack, and Bennett; and his granddaughter, Lanie; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Robert Ritschel on his retirement and wish him | 14 | | all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Robert Ritschel as a symbol of our respect and | 17 | | esteem.
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