Full Text of HR0328 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dean W. Dittmar on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as coordinator of Facilitation | 5 | | Coordination in Agricultural Education (FCAE) at the | 6 | | University of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dean Dittmar was born to Lyle and Charlotte | 8 | | Dittmar in Jo Daviess County near Galena in 1963, and he was | 9 | | raised on the family dairy, beef, and grain farm; he attended | 10 | | Galena High School, where he completed agriculture courses and | 11 | | served as chapter president of FFA, earning his State FFA | 12 | | Degree; his Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects | 13 | | included managing 200 laying hens while selling the eggs to | 14 | | restaurants and neighbors as well as raising two beef cows and | 15 | | feeder calves; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dean Dittmar initially majored in agricultural | 17 | | engineering in the College of Agriculture at the University of | 18 | | Illinois before deciding to study education instead to pursue | 19 | | a career as an agricultural education teacher; during his | 20 | | studies, he was actively involved in the Ag Education Club, | 21 | | serving as president, and was named an outstanding junior and | 22 | | senior member; he completed student teaching at Rochelle High | 23 | | School; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dean Dittmar taught agriculture at Waterloo High | 2 | | School from 1985 to 1990, teaching an average of 110 students | 3 | | annually out of 550 students; he guided students as they | 4 | | participated in FFA, which resulted in students earning nine | 5 | | State FFA Degrees, one American FFA Degree, 26 section | 6 | | proficiency awards, 10 district proficiency awards, and two | 7 | | state proficiency awards, placing second as a state | 8 | | agribusiness management team, and their alumni chapter | 9 | | receiving a gold rating; he received the Illinois Association | 10 | | of Vocational Agriculture Teachers (IAVAT) Outstanding Young | 11 | | Member Award and was named the Waterloo High School Teacher of | 12 | | the Year in 1989; he assisted in organizing the 50th Waterloo | 13 | | FFA Anniversary Banquet in 1990, where over 600 individuals | 14 | | attended; he also served as the secretary/treasurer and | 15 | | chairperson of IAVAT's Section 22; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, When the Illinois Leadership Council for | 17 | | Agricultural Education (ILCAE) and the Illinois Committee for | 18 | | Agricultural Education (ICAE) were formed in the 1980s, Dean | 19 | | Dittmar was selected to be the field advisor of District 5 of | 20 | | Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education (FCAE), | 21 | | which began on July 1, 1990; through the position, he provided | 22 | | assistance, improvements, and opportunities for success to a | 23 | | broader network, and his work with educators allowed for a | 24 | | greater impact on thousands of students; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, During his 33 years as a FCAE program advisor, | 2 | | Dean Dittmar assisted in the start of 33 new agricultural | 3 | | education programs and 24 FFA alumni chapters; he also | 4 | | presented agriscience curriculums, hands-on activities, and | 5 | | resources at more than 675 workshops to over 17,000 | 6 | | participants; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, For the past five years, Dean Dittmar has served | 8 | | as coordinator of FCAE, guiding the best use of funding for | 9 | | schools, teachers, and students with a budget of $1,024,500, | 10 | | including agriculture courses fulfilling graduation academic | 11 | | requirements, additional funding for programs and teacher | 12 | | contracts, Ag In The Classroom(AITC) county partnerships, and | 13 | | involvement with Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources | 14 | | and Related Sciences (MANRRS); he has been instrumental in | 15 | | maintaining, improving, and expanding agricultural education | 16 | | programs in schools and increasing the quality talent pipeline | 17 | | for agribusinesses; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dean Dittmar is also a member of the St. Louis | 19 | | AgriBusiness Club, where he served as president in 2006; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dean Dittmar has been married to his wife, Eva, | 21 | | since 1997, and they have two daughters, Taylor and Jesse; | 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Dean W. Dittmar on his retirement as | 4 | | coordinator of Facilitation Coordination in Agricultural | 5 | | Education (FCAE) at the University of Illinois, and we commend | 6 | | his dedication to students and educators in agriculture; and | 7 | | be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Dean Dittmar as an expression of our esteem and | 10 | | respect.
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