Full Text of HR0721 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Art Dykstra on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as the President and Executive | 5 | | Director of Trinity Services; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Art Dykstra grew up in Racine, Wisconsin and | 7 | | attended Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota; he earned a | 8 | | master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Bradley | 9 | | University; he completed his psychology internship at Elgin | 10 | | State Hospital in Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Art Dykstra was named President and Executive | 12 | | Director of Trinity Services in 1987 after a distinguished | 13 | | 20-year career with the Illinois Department of Mental Health | 14 | | and Developmental Disabilities, where he served as Facility | 15 | | Director for two state-operated developmental centers, served | 16 | | as the Chicago Regional Administrator for Developmental | 17 | | Disabilities, and also worked as a Policy and Program Adviser | 18 | | for the Director of the Department; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Art Dykstra has taught classes at both the | 20 | | undergraduate and graduate levels; he is a frequent speaker at | 21 | | local, state, and national conferences and a published author; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Art Dykstra has served as the President of the | 2 | | Board on The Council on Quality and Leadership; he has also | 3 | | served as the past President of the Illinois Chapter of the | 4 | | American Association on Intellectual and Developmental | 5 | | Disabilities, the Illinois Council of Executive Directors of | 6 | | the ARC, and the Illinois Association of Rehabilitation | 7 | | Facilities; he also serves on many other boards and advisory | 8 | | councils and is a fellow of the American Association on | 9 | | Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Art Dykstra has been recognized for his leadership | 11 | | with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Lewis University; he | 12 | | received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of | 13 | | Liberal Arts and Sciences at Bradley University; the | 14 | | Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies honored him | 15 | | for his commitment to the cognitive behavioral therapy | 16 | | community with the Distinguished Friend to the Behavioral and | 17 | | Cognitive Therapies Award; he was recognized by the Autism | 18 | | Program of Illinois when he received the Autism Ally Public | 19 | | Policy Award through the ARC of Illinois in 2012; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Art Dykstra and his wife, Anita, live in New | 21 | | Lenox; in their spare time, they enjoy fishing, gardening, and | 22 | | catching frogs; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Art Dykstra on his retirement as the President and | 4 | | Executive Director of Trinity Services, and we wish him the | 5 | | best in all of his future endeavors; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Art Dykstra as an expression of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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