Full Text of HR0973 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Robert W. Kaps on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as a professor of aviation | 5 | | management at Southern Illinois University; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps earned his master's degrees in | 7 | | industrial relations and legal studies from Webster University | 8 | | in St. Louis; in 1996, he earned his doctorate in workforce | 9 | | education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC); | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps started his career in aviation with | 12 | | TWA in the late 1960s through an aviation management-training | 13 | | program after earning his bachelor's degree; during his 14 | 14 | | years in various operations positions with TWA, he rose through | 15 | | the ranks to become the airline's director of personnel; in | 16 | | 1978, he relocated to Ozark Airlines, where he became the | 17 | | airline's staff vice president of industrial relations and | 18 | | chief negotiator; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1981, Robert Kaps began his SIUC career by | 20 | | teaching an off-campus course that focused on airline labor | 21 | | relations; in 1991, he relocated to the Carbondale campus and | 22 | | began teaching undergraduate courses in labor relations and |
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| 1 | | finance and graduate-level courses in international aviation | 2 | | and airport administration; he has also served as a | 3 | | college-level mentor for many years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps is the author of 2 textbooks, "Air | 5 | | Transport Labor Relations" and "Fiscal Aspects of Aviation | 6 | | Management"; he is also the author of 14 professional papers, | 7 | | 17 peer-reviewed articles, and many presentations; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps was heavily involved with | 9 | | establishing the Ryan McShane Hope Flys Golf Scramble, which | 10 | | has raised more than $10,000 and culminated in the award of a | 11 | | scholarship and establishment of an endowment fund with the SIU | 12 | | Foundation; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps is the 2011 recipient of the E.J. and | 14 | | Mary C. Simon Distinguished Faculty Award in SIUC's College of | 15 | | Applied Sciences and Arts; he also won the William A. Wheatley | 16 | | Award from the University Aviation Association in 2008 for his | 17 | | outstanding contributions to aviation education and was named | 18 | | Teacher of the Year 6 times in 12 years; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps and his loving wife, Donna, have 3 | 20 | | grown daughters; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kaps serves as a model of hard work, |
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| 1 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 2 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate Robert W. Kaps on the occasion of his | 6 | | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 7 | | years; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Robert Kaps as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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