Full Text of HR0478 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Rob Dwyer on the occasion | 4 | | of his retirement as executive director of the Quincy Society | 5 | | of Fine Arts (QSFA) on June 30, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer is a graduate of the University of | 7 | | California in Berkeley, Harvard Divinity School, and the | 8 | | University of Chicago's Arts Management Institute; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer has worked for local arts councils for | 10 | | the past 40 years; in 1983, he was selected by the "Skip" | 11 | | Reiss' Arts Management magazine as the outstanding arts | 12 | | administrator in the United States for his work at the local | 13 | | arts council in Reno, Nevada; he has served as an Arts in | 14 | | Education panelist and national site evaluator for the National | 15 | | Endowment for the Arts and panelist for the Illinois Arts | 16 | | Council; he has also worked as a consultant for American | 17 | | Samoa's Department of Education, the Iowa Arts Council, the | 18 | | Indiana University Arts Management School, and the Illinois | 19 | | Arts Peers program; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer has served as the executive director of | 21 | | the Quincy Society of Fine Arts since 1983; the Quincy Society | 22 | | of Fine Arts is recognized as the oldest volunteer arts |
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| 1 | | organization in the United States; during his tenure, QSFA's | 2 | | member organizations have grown from 17 to nearly 65, while the | 3 | | organization's annual budget has increased from $98,000 to | 4 | | $1,200,000, with $879,640 in audited marketing services; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer was instrumental in the creation of the | 6 | | Marion Gardner Jackson Trust Arts Fund, which has awarded over | 7 | | $400,000 to arts programs that could demonstrate a direct | 8 | | economic impact on the City of Quincy, such as the free Blues | 9 | | in the District concerts in Washington Park; the television and | 10 | | radio programs created under his leadership have generated over | 11 | | $15,000,000 of audited marketing support for all the arts in | 12 | | Quincy; he also helped create the Arts/Quincy Riverfest, | 13 | | Arts/Quincy Ball, Art$ Dollar$, In$tant Art$ Dollar$, | 14 | | Arts=Education, All-American Kids Awards, Arts Boosters, | 15 | | Arts/Quincy Magazine, Arts/Quincy Social Media, Annual Arts | 16 | | Calendar, Arts/Quincy E-BLASTS, and Forte'; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1991, Rob Dwyer received the Arts Education | 18 | | Service Award from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education; in | 19 | | 1993, he was appointed as a Trustee of the Illinois Summer | 20 | | School for the Arts by Governor Jim Edgar; since 1983, the City | 21 | | of Quincy has won two Governor's Arts Awards from the Illinois | 22 | | Arts Council; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Rob Dwyer plans to help |
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| 1 | | the Quincy Society of Fine Arts with arts marketing services | 2 | | and help in the selection of a new executive director; he then | 3 | | plans to attend more arts events in Quincy and increase his | 4 | | volunteer arts activities; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, There is considerable evidence that art makes for | 6 | | a better person; through Rob Dwyer's leadership, the arts have | 7 | | flourished and made the greater Quincy region a better place to | 8 | | live and raise families; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer serves as a model of hard work, | 10 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 11 | | Illinois; therefore, be it | 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Rob Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement and | 15 | | wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Rob Dwyer as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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