Full Text of HR0408 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Timothy D. | 4 | | McCollum on his retirement as a teacher at Charleston Middle | 5 | | School in Charleston; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago and educated in the Chicago | 7 | | Public Schools; he graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High | 8 | | School with the Class of 1969; he graduated from Eastern | 9 | | Illinois University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree | 10 | | and a Master of Science degree in Zoology in 1977; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He is retiring as a Science Teacher at Charleston | 12 | | Middle School in Charleston after 38 years of service; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He has received many awards while in education, | 14 | | including:
the National Education Association Horace Mann | 15 | | Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence, 2009; the Golden | 16 | | Apple Central Illinois Academy Inaugural Class, 2008; the Sigma | 17 | | Xi, Eastern Illinois University Chapter Outstanding Science | 18 | | Teacher, 2008; the Jefferson Award for Community & Public | 19 | | Service, 2006; the ExxonMobil Outstanding Teaching Award, | 20 | | 2006; and the Presidential Award for Mathematics and Science | 21 | | Teaching, 2003; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He has served on many committees and boards, | 2 | | including: the National Education Association Horace Mann | 3 | | Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence - National Selection | 4 | | Committee, 2011; the Golden Apple Academy Committee, 2011; the | 5 | | Elementary and Middle Grade Advisory Group, Illinois State | 6 | | Board of Education, 2011; the Teacher Advisory Council, Advance | 7 | | Illinois, 2009 to the present; the Co-Investigator of Project | 8 | | Expedition Earth and Beyond, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2008 to | 9 | | the present; the Lead Teacher of the Polar Palooza National | 10 | | Museum Tour, Passport to Knowledge, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles | 11 | | Productions, 2007-2009; the P-12 Advisory Committee, College | 12 | | of Education and Professional Studies, Eastern Illinois | 13 | | University, 2007 to the present; the National Science Board | 14 | | Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, | 15 | | Engineering, and Mathematics, 2006 to 2007 (he was the only | 16 | | K-12 teacher appointed to this national commission); and the | 17 | | Presidential Award for Mathematics and Science Teaching - | 18 | | National Selection Committee, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He is married to Rita McCollum; they have one | 20 | | daughter, Monica Tapp and one son, Kyle McCollum; therefore, be | 21 | | it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 | | we congratulate Tim McCollum on his retirement and wish him the |
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| 1 | | best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Tim McCollum as a symbol of our respect and | 4 | | esteem.
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