Full Text of HR0405 094th General Assembly
HR0405 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois join with Representative Monique Davis in | 4 |
| congratulating Charles L. Alexander, Principal of Morgan Park | 5 |
| High School, on the occasion of his retirement after 40 years | 6 |
| of service in the field of education; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander holds degrees from the University of | 8 |
| Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas (B.A., History and | 9 |
| Government); Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago | 10 |
| (M.ED., Urban Education); and Chicago State University Chicago | 11 |
| (M.A., Educational Administration; he continued his education | 12 |
| at Northeastern Illinois University, Governors State | 13 |
| University, Chicago State University, and completed 36 hours of | 14 |
| graduate study in the Staff Development Program through the | 15 |
| Chicago Board of Education; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, He began his educational career as a history | 17 |
| teacher at DuSable; in 1970, he moved to Morgan Park High | 18 |
| School as a history teacher, where he went on to hold the | 19 |
| positions of Dean of Students, Assistant Principal, and finally | 20 |
| Principal; from 1970 to 1975, he worked with the YMCA, and he | 21 |
| worked as a CETA Program Specialist for The Mayors Summer Youth | 22 |
| Employment Program for the Chicago Board of Education from 1976 | 23 |
| to 1998; he also served as the JPTA Coordinator for the Chicago | 24 |
| Board of Education from 1983 to 1990 and as an instructor in | 25 |
| the City College of Chicago Adult Evening School from 1981 to | 26 |
| 1983; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander received the Principal of | 28 |
| Excellence Award in 1995 and the Outstanding Principal | 29 |
| Leadership Award in 1998; he is a member of the Chicago | 30 |
| Principals and Administrators Association, the NAACP, Phi | 31 |
| Delta Kappa Education Fraternity, NASSP, and the Association | 32 |
| for Supervision and Curriculum Development; and |
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| WHEREAS, He served as a member of the Board of Directors of | 2 |
| Omega Associates, LTD., and on the Board of Directors of the | 3 |
| Afro-American Youth Society; he is a member of Omega Psi Phi | 4 |
| Fraternity, WayFarer's Lodge #128 F & A M, and St. John Church - | 5 |
| Baptist, where he is a member of the Board of Deacons; | 6 |
| therefore, be it | 7 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we congratulate Charles Alexander on the occasion of his | 10 |
| retirement, and we thank him for his many years of dedication | 11 |
| to the education of students in the State of Illinois; and be | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Mr. Alexander as an expression of our respect and | 15 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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