Full Text of HR0610 94th General Assembly
HR0610 94TH 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 recognize milestone events in | 4 |
| the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Ronald E. | 6 |
| Everett, Ph.D., will be retiring June 30, 2006, after 40 years | 7 |
| of service in the field of education; he is Professor Emeritus | 8 |
| of Educational Administration and School Business Management | 9 |
| at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and has served as | 10 |
| Executive Director of the Illinois Association of School | 11 |
| Business Officials (Illinois ASBO) since 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Everett received his Bachelor of Science | 13 |
| degree, Master of Arts degree, and Ph.D. from the University of | 14 |
| Utah; and
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| WHEREAS, He spent 17 years in such roles as a classroom | 16 |
| teacher, Business Manager, Assistant Superintendent, and | 17 |
| Superintendent and 23 years in his university assignment and as | 18 |
| Executive Director; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Everett received the first ASBO International | 20 |
| Eagle Award (Service to the Profession), the IASA Van Miller | 21 |
| Outstanding Scholar Practitioner Award from the University of | 22 |
| Illinois and the Illinois Association of School | 23 |
| Administrators, and was installed as Distinguished Visiting | 24 |
| Scholar at Lincolnshire-Humberside University in Lincoln, | 25 |
| England, where he annually lectures in their MBA program for | 26 |
| school bursars; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Everett has published many articles in the | 28 |
| area of school finance and school business management and | 29 |
| recently completed a second edition of an accounting textbook | 30 |
| for school administrators; in addition to his publication |
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| record, he has spoken at conferences and conducted seminars and | 2 |
| workshops in Canada, Chile, United Kingdom, China, South | 3 |
| Africa, Australia, and throughout the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, His current efforts focus on delivering the full | 5 |
| Master's Degree in School Business Management Program online; | 6 |
| in addition to his other activities, Dr. Everett previously | 7 |
| served on and continues to serve on numerous educational | 8 |
| consortia and other associations and committees relating to the | 9 |
| field of education; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we honor and recognize Dr. Everett for his 40 years of service | 13 |
| and outstanding leadership in the field of education; and be it | 14 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Dr. Everett as an expression of our respect and | 17 |
| esteem and with our best wishes on the occasion of his | 18 |
| retirement.
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