Full Text of HR0407 95th General Assembly
HR0407 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate U.S. Air Force | 4 |
| Senior Master Sergeant Frank R. Payton Jr. on his retirement | 5 |
| from Parkside Junior High School in Normal; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Master Sergeant Payton was born in Tulsa, | 7 |
| Oklahoma on October 21, 1948; he is married to Rachel (Shull) | 8 |
| Payton; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Master Sergeant Payton attended George | 10 |
| Washington Carver High School in Chicago and was very active in | 11 |
| the music and art programs; he was a member in the Black | 12 |
| History Club and the Human Relations Club and served as the | 13 |
| Vice President of the Senior Class; after graduating from high | 14 |
| school Sergeant Payton attended Wilson Junior College, | 15 |
| majoring in music; he received a Masters of Science Degree in | 16 |
| Music Education from the University of Illinois, | 17 |
| Champaign-Urbana; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Master Sergeant Payton enlisted in the | 19 |
| United States Air Force in September 1968; his duty assignments | 20 |
| have included Lackland AFB, Keesler AFB, Vandenberg AFB, Tuy | 21 |
| Hoa, AB Vietnam and Phan Rang AB Vietnam; after completing his | 22 |
| tour in Vietnam, he returned stateside to Holloman AFB and |
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| within four months returned overseas to Kume Shima AS in Japan; | 2 |
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| WHEREAS, Senior Master Sergeant Payton enlisted in the Air | 4 |
| Force Reserve in November 1972; in June 1974 he transferred to | 5 |
| the 182nd Communications Flight in Peoria; he then transferred | 6 |
| to the 566th Air Force Band in September 1976 and presently | 7 |
| serves as the Band Superintendent; during his career, Senior | 8 |
| Master Sergeant Payton has performed for the President of the | 9 |
| United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the | 10 |
| Secretary of Defense, the Queen of Denmark and numerous other | 11 |
| elected officials; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, After being released from active duty, Senior | 13 |
| Master Sergeant Payton enrolled at Illinois State University, | 14 |
| majoring in Music Education and Art; he graduated in August | 15 |
| 1977 and later was employed as Director of Bands at Putnam | 16 |
| County High School; he is currently the Director of Bands at | 17 |
| Parkside Junior High School in Normal; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Master Sergeant Payton is a member of Kappa | 19 |
| Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and devotes time to the awarding of | 20 |
| scholarships to high school students in pursuit of furthering | 21 |
| their education; he also spends time at the Bloomington Humane | 22 |
| Society as a volunteer to care for homeless animals; and
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| WHEREAS, The citizens of the State of Illinois have | 2 |
| benefited tremendously from his dedication to the teaching | 3 |
| profession, his direction of the Parkside Junior High School | 4 |
| Band programs, and his dedication to our country through his | 5 |
| service in the U.S. Air Force; therefore, be it | 6 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| congratulate Senior Master Sergeant Frank R. Payton Jr. on his | 9 |
| retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 10 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Senior Master Sergeant Frank R. Payton Jr. as a | 13 |
| symbol of our esteem and respect.
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