Full Text of HR0966 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Arol Augsburger, OD, | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as President of the Illinois | 5 | | College of Optometry (ICO), the oldest and largest college of | 6 | | optometry in the country and the largest provider of eye and | 7 | | vision care in Illinois through its teaching clinic, the | 8 | | Illinois Eye Institute; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger began his career with the Illinois | 10 | | College of Optometry in 2002 after serving 30 years in a | 11 | | variety of leadership positions in higher education including | 12 | | as the Interim Provost of the University of Alabama at | 13 | | Birmingham (UAB), Dean and Professor of the UAB School of | 14 | | Optometry, and Professor of Clinical Optometry at The Ohio | 15 | | State University College of Optometry; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger has led ICO to more than double its | 17 | | investable assets, resulting in $40 million dollars in campus | 18 | | renovation and modernization; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger has been honored by the American | 20 | | Optometric Association as the Distinguished Service Awardee | 21 | | and the National OD of the Year; he has been named Optometrist | 22 | | of the Year in three states; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Optometry Alumni | 2 | | Society named Dr. Augsburger as their 2011 Distinguished | 3 | | Alumnus; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger was inducted into the National | 5 | | Optometry Hall of Fame in June of 2014; he has served as | 6 | | President of the Association of Schools and Colleges of | 7 | | Optometry, the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, and | 8 | | the Rotary Club of Chicago, Rotary One, the world's first | 9 | | Rotary Club, and as the Immediate-Past Chairman of the | 10 | | ROTARY/One Foundation; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger served on the Special Medical | 12 | | Advisory Group (SMAG) of the U.S. Department of Veterans | 13 | | Affairs; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger served as the 2014-2015 Chairman of | 15 | | the Board of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges | 16 | | and Universities, on the Near South Planning Board of Chicago, | 17 | | and on the Jackson Park Hospital Foundation Board; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Augsburger is a loving husband to wife, | 19 | | Stephanie, a proud father, and grandfather to 11 wonderful | 20 | | children; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Dr. Arol Augsburger on his retirement after over | 4 | | 30 years of leadership in optometric education; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Dr. Augsburger as a symbol of our respect and | 8 | | esteem.
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