Full Text of HR0480 94th General Assembly
HR0480 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Richard "Dick" Lusardi, currently superintendent | 3 |
| at Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, has | 4 |
| announced his retirement on June 3, 2005, following a 41-year | 5 |
| federal career; and
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| WHEREAS, His strong experience dealing with historic | 7 |
| structures and his fine record of building community support | 8 |
| for park resources have been great assets throughout his | 9 |
| 38-year career with the National Park Service; and
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| WHEREAS, He has served as superintendent at Lincoln Home | 11 |
| since April of 2003; he was chief of maintenance at the park | 12 |
| from 1981 to 1988; the last major restoration of the Lincoln | 13 |
| Home was during the years of 1987 and 1988; he served on the | 14 |
| committee to select the contractor and worked closely with the | 15 |
| NPS Denver Service Center to complete the extensive restoration | 16 |
| project of the park's primary resource; and
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| WHEREAS, Under his direction as superintendent, Mr. | 18 |
| Lusardi began the development of a new comprehensive general | 19 |
| management plan and EIS for the site to replace the previous | 20 |
| 35-year-old master plan; his continued efforts for the overall | 21 |
| restoration of the site have lead to the research development | 22 |
| of a historic structures report for the reconstruction of the | 23 |
| Burch and Carrigan Houses, ca. 1860, homes of two of Lincoln's | 24 |
| closest neighbors; in July of 2004, he orchestrated the visit | 25 |
| of the national flag exhibit to Springfield in which three | 26 |
| American flags measuring 45 feet by 90 feet were placed on | 27 |
| display at the site, with the official World War II flag being | 28 |
| raised over the home; and
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| WHEREAS, Immediately preceding his return to Lincoln Home | 30 |
| in 2003, he was superintendent at Wilson's Creek National | 31 |
| Battlefield in Republic, Missouri; during his tenure at the |
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| Civil War battle site, he provided guidance, direction, and | 2 |
| leadership to the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | 3 |
| Foundation, which resulted in completing a $1.2 million | 4 |
| fundraising campaign for the construction of a new | 5 |
| 8,235-square-foot Civil War research library and educational | 6 |
| facility; he also led the park through the development of a new | 7 |
| draft GMP and EIS; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lusardi served as superintendent at Fort Scott | 9 |
| National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas, for three years | 10 |
| following an eight-year stint as superintendent of Perry's | 11 |
| Victory and International Peace Memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio; | 12 |
| during his tenure at Fort Scott, he directed the development of | 13 |
| an interpretive program with 16 wayside exhibits depicting the | 14 |
| history of the fort, including the role of black education on | 15 |
| the site; he was instrumental in bringing new events to the | 16 |
| fort through collaboration and partnerships with community and | 17 |
| business leaders; the park's first Armed Forces Day celebration | 18 |
| recognizing all branches of the service and the appearance of | 19 |
| the traveling Viet Nam Wall exhibit brought significant | 20 |
| increases in visitation and visibility for the park; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior experience in maintenance and visitor | 22 |
| protection activities included assignments at six other park | 23 |
| sites: Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, | 24 |
| Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site, Statue of Liberty | 25 |
| National Monument, Fire Island National Seashore, Taconic | 26 |
| State Park, and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; | 27 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Diane, have four grown children | 29 |
| and six grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 31 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 32 |
| we commend Richard "Dick" Lusardi on his exemplary 41-year |
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| federal career and wish him all the best in his retirement; and | 2 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to Richard "Dick" Lusardi as an expression of our | 5 |
| admiration and esteem.
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