Full Text of HR1186 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representative are proud to congratulate Michael J. Rohan of | 4 | | Chicago on the occasion of his retirement from the Cook County | 5 | | Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department on May 31, | 6 | | 2014; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan has spent his lifetime helping | 8 | | children of all walks of life, fortunate and unfortunate, | 9 | | during his 37 years with the Circuit Court of Cook County; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In his role as Director of the Juvenile Probation | 11 | | and Court Services Department, Michael Rohan is responsible for | 12 | | a staff of 450, an annual budget of $35 million, and the | 13 | | supervision of nearly 6,000 minors under the age of 18; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan has also served as acting director | 15 | | of the Cook County Adult Probation Department and the Forensic | 16 | | Clinical Services Department, the Director of Human Services, | 17 | | and a Systems Analyst for the Circuit Court of Cook County; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan received a Bachelor of Arts in | 19 | | Sociology and a Master of Science in Industrial Relations from | 20 | | Loyola University, as well as a Master of Arts in Criminal | 21 | | Justice Administration from the University of Illinois; he has |
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| 1 | | held an instructor/research position in the Criminal Justice | 2 | | Department of the University of Illinois and at the Chicago | 3 | | Police Academy; he is also an adjunct Professor/Lecturer in | 4 | | Criminal Justice at Loyola University and an associate with the | 5 | | Vera Institute's Youth Justice Program in New York; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan has served not only Cook County, but | 7 | | the entire State of Illinois, working tirelessly for all | 8 | | probation departments in Illinois to enhance probation | 9 | | services everywhere in Illinois through his active membership | 10 | | in the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association, where | 11 | | he served 4 two-year terms as President and continues to serve | 12 | | probation as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Probation | 13 | | Advisory Committee; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan has served our Cook County, the | 15 | | State of Illinois, and the nation tirelessly, leading the | 16 | | effort to improve juvenile detention through the Juvenile | 17 | | Detention Alternative Initiative; partnering with the esteemed | 18 | | Annie E. Casey Foundation, he helped establish Cook County | 19 | | Juvenile Probation as one of only 3 demonstration sites in the | 20 | | United States, insuring that youthful offenders are placed in | 21 | | the most appropriate structure, removing race as a factor in | 22 | | sentencing, and hosting visiting delegations from throughout | 23 | | the country and across the world; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan has received numerous recognitions | 2 | | throughout his career, but none more descriptive than the | 3 | | simple recognition that he is truly "A Probation Officer's | 4 | | Probation Officer"; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Like John Augustus, the father of probation, | 6 | | Michael Rohan has mentored young probation officers, teaching | 7 | | them from the heart and the rule book, as well as the youthful | 8 | | offenders under his supervision, epitomizing Mr. Augustus' | 9 | | self-description, "My mission has been to raise the fallen, | 10 | | reform the criminal and so far as my humble abilities would | 11 | | allow, to transform the abode of suffering and misery to the | 12 | | home of happiness"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Michael Rohan has been fortunate to have joined | 14 | | with his best friend and wife of 38 years, Mary Rohan, to | 15 | | create their own home of happiness, with 4 children, Meagan, | 16 | | Michael, Daniel, and Erin, 2 daughters-in-law, Ashley and | 17 | | Megan, and 2 granddaughters, Hannah and Fiona; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Michael J. Rohan on his retirement from the | 21 | | Cook County Juvenile Probation Department and wish him all the | 22 | | best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Michael Rohan as an expression of our esteem.
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