Full Text of HR1104 94th General Assembly
HR1104 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Tommy Lee Waskom is retiring from his position as | 3 |
| professor of the School of Technology at Eastern Illinois | 4 |
| University after 38 years in education; and
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| WHEREAS, He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in industrial | 6 |
| education from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Industrial | 7 |
| Education from East Texas State University; he is a Certified | 8 |
| Senior Industrial Technologist and holds several Texas teacher | 9 |
| certificates; and
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| WHEREAS, In his role at Eastern Illinois University, he has | 11 |
| been responsible for approximately three-quarters of a million | 12 |
| dollars of donations of scholarships, equipment, teaching | 13 |
| materials, and numerous funded grants; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of the American Welding Society, | 15 |
| the National Association of Industrial Technology, the Society | 16 |
| of Manufacturing Engineers, the Engineering Technology | 17 |
| Society, the American Society of Engineering Educators, and a | 18 |
| life member of the Texas State Teachers Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been the recipient of numerous honors and | 20 |
| awards; some of the highlights of his awards and honors include | 21 |
| being the recipient of the Outstanding Professor Award in 2000 | 22 |
| and the Faculty Excellence Award in 1995; he was chosen as the | 23 |
| Faculty Marshall for the EIU graduation in the Spring of 2004; | 24 |
| he was Interfraternity Council Faculty Member of the Month in | 25 |
| September of 2003 and received a Certificate of Appreciation | 26 |
| from Alpha Phi Omega in 2001; and he was the Faculty Advisor | 27 |
| for the Most Outstanding NAIT Student Chapter in the nation | 28 |
| during the 1990-91 school year; he was also the recipient of | 29 |
| many honors when he taught at Texas A&M University; and
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| WHEREAS, During his career, he has been a Professor at the |
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| College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University, a | 2 |
| Professor at the School of Technology at Eastern Illinois | 3 |
| University, the Acting Chair for the School of Technology at | 4 |
| Eastern Illinois University, and has also served in the role of | 5 |
| Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, | 6 |
| Instructor, Graduate Assistant-Research, a Distributive | 7 |
| Education Coordinator, and an Instructor in Mathematics and | 8 |
| Drafting; he has served as a consultant to numerous entities, | 9 |
| has served on multiple committees, has completed several | 10 |
| research projects, and is the author of numerous publications; | 11 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Waskom has been married to Lou Ann for 39 | 13 |
| years; he is the father of Rebecca A. Waskom, a graduate of | 14 |
| Texas A&M University; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 |
| we congratulate Dr. Tommy Lee Waskom on the occasion of his | 18 |
| retirement from his position as professor of the School of | 19 |
| Technology at Eastern Illinois University after 38 years in | 20 |
| education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Dr. Waskom as an expression of our sincere esteem.
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