Full Text of HR0447 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to | 3 | | honor the Reverend Dennis H. Holtschneider,
C.M., Ed.D. for his | 4 | | leadership and many achievements at DePaul University and | 5 | | congratulate him on his
outstanding service to the University | 6 | | and the State of Illinois on the occasion of his retirement as
| 7 | | President of University; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, On July 15, 2004, Father Dennis H. Holtschneider | 9 | | became the 11th President of DePaul
University, the nation's | 10 | | largest Catholic university and the largest private university | 11 | | in the Midwest; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider is a professor of education at | 13 | | DePaul and a faculty member in the Harvard
Graduate School of | 14 | | Education's Management Development Program where he teaches | 15 | | strategy, and
where, during the fall 2014 semester, he served | 16 | | as Visiting Scholar and President-in-Residence; he also
is a | 17 | | faculty member at Boston College's Institute for | 18 | | Administrators in Catholic Higher Education; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider led two national studies | 20 | | examining trends in governance and leadership in
American | 21 | | Catholic colleges and universities; he is the author of one | 22 | | book and numerous articles on U.S.
higher education and |
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| 1 | | Catholic higher education, as well as a frequent consultant and | 2 | | speaker on these
topics; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider has been honored widely for his | 4 | | work on a variety of issues, including being
listed as one of | 5 | | Diversity MBA Magazine's Top 100 under 50 Diverse Executive | 6 | | Leaders; he received the
ACE Council of Fellows Mentor Award in | 7 | | 2015, recognizing his guidance in preparing the next generation
| 8 | | of academic leaders in higher education; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider holds honorary doctoral degrees | 10 | | from Adamson University, Manila; College
of St. Elizabeth, New | 11 | | Jersey; Marywood University, Pennsylvania; Niagara University, | 12 | | New York; Soka
University, Tokyo; St. Thomas Aquinas College, | 13 | | New York; and received the Vincentian Charism Award
from All | 14 | | Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 2011, Fr. Holtschneider was honored by the | 16 | | Archdiocese of Chicago with its "Strangers No
Longer Award" for | 17 | | his leadership on comprehensive immigration reform; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider was appointed to the P-20 | 19 | | Council of the State of Illinois in 2009 and served
as a | 20 | | council member under Governor Patrick Quinn and Governor Bruce | 21 | | Rauner; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider led DePaul through two | 2 | | successful strategic plans that saw the broadening
of DePaul's | 3 | | national applications, the rise in its graduation and retention | 4 | | rates, and the development of
178 new programs including the | 5 | | creation of new colleges and schools of Science and Health,
| 6 | | Communication, Cinematic Arts, Hospitality Leadership, and | 7 | | Digital Design; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Fr. Holtschneider presided over the physical | 9 | | transformation of DePaul University, opening
new facilities | 10 | | including the McGowan South Chemistry Building, Arts & Letters | 11 | | Hall, the new College of
Education building, an Art Museum, the | 12 | | Theatre School and the acquisition of the Richard M. and
Maggie | 13 | | C. Daley Building; construction is also underway on a new home | 14 | | for the School of Music and, in partnership with the | 15 | | Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the Wintrust Arena | 16 | | will open in
November of 2017, and will become the new home of | 17 | | DePaul Blue Demon basketball; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, To sustain the university's founding commitment | 19 | | to first-generation students, approximately $460
million in | 20 | | philanthropic support has been raised during Father | 21 | | Holtschneider's tenure; this includes
completion of the "Many | 22 | | Dreams, One Mission" capital campaign, which raised $333 | 23 | | million, the largest
portion of which was allocated for student | 24 | | scholarships to ensure access to high quality education for
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| 1 | | future generations of DePaul students; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, U.S. News and World report noticed DePaul's | 3 | | strategic redesign in 2015-16, naming DePaul
as among the | 4 | | nation's "Most Innovative Universities"; The Princeton Review | 5 | | ranked DePaul University
students as among the happiest | 6 | | students in the country according to a 2014 survey and DePaul | 7 | | has been
recognized by a variety of national groups for its | 8 | | diversity, its record of welcoming transfer students, its
| 9 | | technology, arts, and communications; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, On January 12, 2017, Ascension Healthcare, a $22 | 11 | | billion health care organization based in St.
Louis, Missouri, | 12 | | announced that Fr. Holtschneider will step down as its board | 13 | | chairman to become its
executive vice president and chief | 14 | | operating officer; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | recognize and honor the many ways in which Fr. Holtschneider's | 18 | | leadership
and strategic vision transformed DePaul University | 19 | | and will continue to contribute to the academic and
career | 20 | | success of students for years to come; and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That we thank Fr. Holtschneider for his | 22 | | dedication to education and service to his community
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| 1 | | him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Fr. Holtschneider as a symbol of our
esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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