Full Text of HR1483 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Illinois State | 4 | | University Chief of Police Ronald D. Swan on his retirement; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment at Illinois State | 7 | | University, he was chief of police in Monticello, and Beverly | 8 | | Hills, Missouri; he is a graduate of the Municipal Police | 9 | | Training Academy of St. Louis County, the Major Case Squad | 10 | | Training School of Greater St. Louis, The Dignitary Protection | 11 | | School of the United States Secret Service, the Institute of | 12 | | Applied Science in Chicago, the National Institute Against Hate | 13 | | Crimes and Terrorism, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los | 14 | | Angeles, the Plenary Session National Institute Against Hate | 15 | | Crimes and Terrorism, the New York Tolerance Center, and the | 16 | | Advanced Training School of the Anti-Defamation League in | 17 | | Washington, DC; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Chief Swan is an elected member of the law section | 19 | | of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences in London, England; | 20 | | he holds an AAS degree in criminal justice from | 21 | | Hannibal-LaGrange College in Hannibal, Missouri, a BS degree in | 22 | | liberal studies and criminology from the University of the | 23 | | State of New York, a BS degree in administration of justice |
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| 1 | | from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and an MA degree in | 2 | | urban affairs from Webster University-St. Louis; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Chief Swan has also completed additional | 4 | | post-graduate work at St. Petersburg University of the Ministry | 5 | | of the Interior in St. Petersburg, Russia;
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Swan is the recipient of such awards as the | 7 | | Police Medal of Distinction from the City Council of | 8 | | Monticello; the Life Saving Commendation from the Jewish | 9 | | Employment and Vocational Services of St. Louis; a Letter of | 10 | | Commendation from Scotland Yard; a Diploma of Honor and Veteran | 11 | | of Labor Medal from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; a | 12 | | Law Enforcement Commendation Medal from the Sons of the | 13 | | American Revolution; a Medal of Excellence in Service to Russia | 14 | | 1 & 2 Order; a Distinguished Alumnus Award 1993, | 15 | | Hannibal-LaGrange College; the Medal of Yuri Gagarin; and the | 16 | | Medal Freedom of Russia, presented by President Boris Yeltsin's | 17 | | representative; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Chief Swan was awarded the List of Honor by the | 19 | | Ministry of the Interior of Russia for saving the lives of | 20 | | three Russian citizens in 1993; Chief Swan received the | 21 | | "Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award" in the Social and Natural | 22 | | Science Division 1996 to 1997 from Richland Community College, | 23 | | the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Relations Award |
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| 1 | | from the City of Bloomington in 2003, Illinois State | 2 | | University's Strand Diversity Award in 2008, and the Roy | 3 | | Wilkins Award of the NAACP in 2009; he is an active member of | 4 | | the Bloomington/Normal Branch NAACP; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chief Swan will retire on November 30, 2010 and | 6 | | will be honored at a retirement reception on November 17, 2010 | 7 | | at the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 | | congratulate Chief Ronald Swan on his retirement and wish him | 12 | | all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to Chief Ronald Swan as a symbol of our respect and | 15 | | esteem.
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