Full Text of HR0169 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Roger Dean Herrin on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement from the Southern Illinois | 5 | | University (SIU) Board of Trustees on January 12, 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Herrin was appointed to the SIU Board of | 7 | | Trustees on April 9, 2011; he served one year as Board | 8 | | Chairman, and most recently served as Chairman of the Finance | 9 | | Committee; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Herrin was born on January 30, 1937 in Hardin | 11 | | County; he attended Cave in Rock Grade and High School, where | 12 | | he was the 1955 salutatorian; he earned his Bachelor of Science | 13 | | from Bethel College in McKenzie, Tennessee in 1960 and did | 14 | | graduate work at DePaul University, Roosevelt University, | 15 | | Elmhurst College, and Northwestern University; he earned his | 16 | | Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from the Illinois College of | 17 | | Podiatric Medicine in 1969, where he received the highest, and | 18 | | last, Dr. L.R. McCain Award for outstanding proficiency in | 19 | | surgical anatomy and surgery; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Herrin served as Chairman of the Science | 21 | | Department and head basketball coach at LaGrange High School | 22 | | from 1958 to 1963; he co-authored a textbook with Dr. Glen |
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| 1 | | Seaborg, Head of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1960 to 61; | 2 | | he was one of the original members of the Illinois Health | 3 | | Facilities Authority, where he served as Vice-Chairman; he also | 4 | | served as Chairman of the Underwriters Committee from 1973-79; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Herrin retired from the practice of surgical | 7 | | podiatry and sports medicine in Harrisburg; he served on the | 8 | | staff of the Harrisburg Medical Center and Hardin County | 9 | | General Hospital; he was instrumental in the formation of the | 10 | | Harrisburg Medical Center; he was a past member of the Illinois | 11 | | Health Care Reform Task Force; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Herrin was President of RDK Management | 13 | | Services, Inc. and CombBank, Inc.; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Herrin has been a guest lecturer at numerous | 15 | | State and national conventions; he is a member of IPS, APA, and | 16 | | numerous other State and national associations; he is a past | 17 | | consultant at Vienna Correctional Center, the U.S. Forestry | 18 | | Service, and the federal prison in Marion; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | congratulate Dr. Roger Dean Herrin on his retirement from the | 22 | | Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Dr. Herrin as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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