Full Text of SR0313 95th General Assembly
SR0313 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Thomas G. Scullen of Appleton, Wisconsin, | 4 |
| formerly of Aurora, who passed away on May 30, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas G. Scullen, Ed.D. impacted thousands of | 6 |
| school children, teachers, athletes, coaches, and other | 7 |
| educators during the course of his 45-year commitment to public | 8 |
| education; and
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| WHEREAS, Tom Scullen was born August 9, 1938 in Detroit, | 10 |
| Michigan, the son of the late James and Kathleen (nee Murphy) | 11 |
| Scullen and brother to the late Patricia (Richard) McCausland; | 12 |
| on November 26, 1960, Tom married his high school sweetheart, | 13 |
| Janet Gohlke, at St. Raymond Catholic Church in Detroit; he was | 14 |
| a student and athlete at St. Charles Borromeo grade school and | 15 |
| high school and won a football scholarship to the University of | 16 |
| Detroit, where he received his undergraduate degree; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his graduate degrees at Eastern | 18 |
| Michigan University and Wayne State University; he worked in | 19 |
| Michigan public school districts in Oak Park, L'Anse Creuse, | 20 |
| and Chippewa Valley from 1962 to 1985; he then served as the | 21 |
| Superintendent of Indian Prairie School District 204 in | 22 |
| Naperville from 1985 to 1995, and was selected as the 1993 |
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| Superintendent of the Year by the Illinois Association of | 2 |
| School Administrators; he was later honored by the 2001 opening | 3 |
| of the Thomas G. Scullen Middle School in Naperville; and
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| WHEREAS, During the height of his career from 1995 until | 5 |
| 2007, Tom Scullen served as the Superintendent of the Appleton, | 6 |
| Wisconsin Area School District; in 2003 he was selected as the | 7 |
| Superintendent of the Year, by the Wisconsin Association of | 8 |
| School District Administrators; in 2007, he was greatly honored | 9 |
| when the Appleton Area School District acknowledged his | 10 |
| leadership skills by renaming the administration building the | 11 |
| Thomas G. Scullen Leadership Center; a scholarship fund has | 12 |
| been established in his name to sustain his influence on | 13 |
| leadership development in the Fox Valley for years to come; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Scullen is survived by his wife, Jan; his | 15 |
| children, Mary Kay (Tim) Gallagher and their daughters, Katie | 16 |
| and Sarah, Sandi Scullen, and Michael (Liesl) Scullen and their | 17 |
| children, Lindsey and Sean; his sister, Sandy Scullen; his | 18 |
| brother, James (Marcia) Scullen; his brother-in-law, David | 19 |
| (Carol) Gohlke; his sisters-in-law, Carol (Norb) Caron and | 20 |
| Nancy (Randy) Gabeline; and by his nieces, nephews, other | 21 |
| relatives, and many friends and colleagues; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Thomas Scullen; and be | 2 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Thomas Scullen as a symbol of our | 5 |
| sympathy and deep respect.
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