Full Text of HR1529 096th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Douglas E. Zemke on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as President of Millikin | 5 | | University on December 31, 2010; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Zemke graduated from Millikin University | 7 | | in 1966; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Zemke has more than 30 years of business | 9 | | management experience in the telecommunications industry with | 10 | | the former Illinois Bell, AT&T, and Cincinnati Bell; in | 11 | | December of 1997, he retired as senior vice president at | 12 | | Cincinnati Bell Telephone, where he led all activities | 13 | | associated with the restructuring of the business from 1993 to | 14 | | 1995; he was also one of the founding managing members of | 15 | | InDecatur Ventures, LLC, Main Street Bank & Trust (now Busey | 16 | | Bank), and the Tabor School's Center for Entrepreneurship; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Zemke served as Dean of the Tabor School | 18 | | of Business from January of 1998 to July of 2001; from 1995 to | 19 | | 1998, he served as a member of the Millikin Board of Trustees; | 20 | | and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Zemke was selected to serve as 13th |
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| 1 | | President of Millikin University by the Millikin University | 2 | | Board of Trustees on July 1, 2003; as president, he focused the | 3 | | University's energies on leadership development, revitalizing | 4 | | the school's curriculum with an emphasis on developing | 5 | | international/global educational opportunities, establishing | 6 | | fiscal responsibility, and building strong ties to Millikin | 7 | | alums and the Decatur community, and provided renewed | 8 | | commitment to Millikin's mission; he was also instrumental in | 9 | | the rejuvenation of the campus through numerous building and | 10 | | streetscape projects, including the completion of ADM-Scovill | 11 | | Hall and the restoration of Albert Taylor Theatre; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Zemke has been an active member of the | 13 | | Decatur community; he has served on the Decatur Area Labor and | 14 | | Management Committee, the Board of the Community Investment | 15 | | Corporation of Decatur, the Land of Lincoln Credit Union Board | 16 | | of Directors, and the Board of the Lincoln Square Theatre; he | 17 | | is a past chairman of the Macon County American Heart Walk; he | 18 | | is a member of the Decatur Leadership Institute; he is a past | 19 | | chairman of the Board of Directors of The Economic Development | 20 | | Corporation of Decatur and Macon County; he is a past board | 21 | | member of Partners in Education and The Greater Decatur Chamber | 22 | | of Commerce; he is a board member of Hickory Point Bank and | 23 | | Trust; he is a member of The Federation of Independent Illinois | 24 | | Colleges and Universities and the Executive Committee of the | 25 | | Associated Colleges of Illinois; he is also a member of the |
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| 1 | | steering committee for the Decatur Area Education Coalition; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Zemke serves as a model of hard work, | 4 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 5 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate Douglas Zemke on the occasion of his retirement | 9 | | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Douglas Zemke as a symbol of our esteem and | 13 | | respect.
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