Full Text of HR0427 96th General Assembly
HR0427 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Richard "Rick" | 4 |
| Schoell on the occasion of his retirement from the University | 5 |
| of Illinois after 22 years of dedicated service; and
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| WHEREAS, Rick Schoell earned his bachelor's degree in | 7 |
| American Government and U.S. History from the University of | 8 |
| Iowa in May of 1975 and his master's degree in Public | 9 |
| Administration and Public Policy Analysis from the University | 10 |
| of Iowa in December of 1976; he was on the University of Iowa's | 11 |
| Dean's List from 1971 to 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon completion of his graduate studies, Rick | 13 |
| Schoell was employed with the Household Finance Corporation for | 14 |
| about two years; he then took a research position with the | 15 |
| Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation in Springfield in | 16 |
| 1979; he worked with the National Conference of State | 17 |
| Legislatures, where he developed a sterling reputation as | 18 |
| hard-working, reliable, and personable; and
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| WHEREAS, Rick Schoell began his career with the University | 20 |
| of Illinois on August 3, 1987 as the Associate Director for | 21 |
| Federal Relations; in 1991, the position's title was | 22 |
| reclassified to Director for Federal Relations; on November 20, |
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| 1998, he became the Executive Director for Governmental | 2 |
| Relations; he served in both positions until his retirement; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, Rick Schoell provided outstanding leadership as | 5 |
| an officer of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and | 6 |
| as a trusted advisor to University presidents, especially in | 7 |
| the areas of federal relations in that now the University of | 8 |
| Illinois is one of the leading public institutions in terms of | 9 |
| federal research and grant awards; in addition, under his | 10 |
| direction the University has experienced dramatic growth in | 11 |
| terms of state-supported construction that have brought the | 12 |
| many University of Illinois campuses to the level they are | 13 |
| today; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Rick Schoell has been the recipient of numerous | 15 |
| awards and honors for his service; he was the recipient of the | 16 |
| Commander's Award for Distinguished Public Service from the | 17 |
| U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in | 18 |
| 1991; he received the Distinguished Service Award from the | 19 |
| Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation in 1987; | 20 |
| he was also a member of the National Honor Society with Phi | 21 |
| Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, Rick Schoell was nominated and voted in | 23 |
| as a member of the Lamplighters Higher Education Roundtable; |
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| WHEREAS, Rick Schoell met his future wife, Rebecca, at the | 3 |
| University of Iowa; the couple got married in Waterloo, Iowa in | 4 |
| January of 1978; together, they have two children, Elizabeth | 5 |
| and William, who are both Iowa Hawkeyes; and
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| WHEREAS, Rick Schoell will be remembered fondly by his | 7 |
| colleagues at the University of Illinois for his great sense of | 8 |
| fairness and his openness to all points of view; therefore, be | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate Richard "Rick" Schoell on the occasion of his | 13 |
| retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 14 |
| years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Rick Schoell as a symbol of our esteem and | 17 |
| respect.
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