Full Text of HR0268 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representative are pleased to congratulate Michael J. | 4 | | Vinciguerra Ph.D. on the occasion of his retirement as | 5 | | president of the University of St. Francis; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra became the 8th president of | 7 | | the University of St. Francis on October 4, 2002; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Michael Vinciguerra, the | 9 | | university developed a plan that gave focus and direction in | 10 | | defining the University of St. Francis as a Catholic university | 11 | | in the Franciscan tradition and Joliet's urban university with | 12 | | a national presence; he led the campus and trustees to adopt a | 13 | | 15-year plan that acquired new properties and saw major | 14 | | renovations in Marian Hall and the Motherhouse; in May 2012, | 15 | | the largest capital campaign in university history, Continuing | 16 | | the Tradition, Living Our Mission, was successfully completed; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, During the tenure of Michael Vinciguerra, the | 19 | | University of St. Francis established a Health and Wellness | 20 | | Center in Joliet, a physician assistant program in New Mexico | 21 | | to serve the rural poor, and a visual arts program in locations | 22 | | where students may interact with children in community centers; |
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| 1 | | during his tenure, the first doctoral programs were introduced | 2 | | in Nurse Practitioner and Educational Leadership; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra has served on numerous | 4 | | community and higher education boards such as Presence St. | 5 | | Joseph Medical Center's board of directors, presently the | 6 | | vice-chair, the Will County CED, Will County Community | 7 | | Foundation, Joliet Area Historical Museum, and The Upper Room | 8 | | Crisis Hotline; he is a past chair of the South Metropolitan | 9 | | Higher Education Consortium and has served on the executive | 10 | | board of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and | 11 | | Universities; in December 2012, he joined the board of | 12 | | directors at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra was inducted into the | 14 | | Joliet-Will County Project Pride's Hall of Pride in 2011, which | 15 | | recognizes those who contributed to making Joliet a better | 16 | | place to live and on November 5, 2012, he received the Lifetime | 17 | | Achievement Award from the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce; | 18 | | on May 19, 2013, he will be awarded an honorary doctorate from | 19 | | Lewis University; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra was born and raised in Bronx, | 21 | | New York; he earned his bachelors of science degree in | 22 | | chemistry from Iona College and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry | 23 | | from Adelphi University; he completed a program in higher |
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| 1 | | education senior administration from the Institute of | 2 | | Educational Management at Harvard University; he and his wife | 3 | | of 42 years, Grace, have one son; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate Michael J. Vinciguerra on the occasion of his | 7 | | retirement as president of the University of St. Francis, thank | 8 | | him for his service to higher education, and wish him all the | 9 | | best in his future endeavours; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Michael Vinciguerra as an expression of our esteem | 12 | | and respect.
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