Full Text of SR0065 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate John Duffy of Elgin on the occasion of his | 4 | | retirement as a member of the Elgin Community College District | 5 | | 509 Board of Trustees after 48 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Duffy earned his Bachelor of Arts from Loras | 7 | | College in Dubuque, Iowa in 1956 and his Master of Science in | 8 | | Education from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in | 9 | | 1961; he also completed post graduate coursework at the | 10 | | University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1967; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, With more than six decades of professional | 12 | | experience and a commitment to education, John Duffy has | 13 | | served his communities as a teacher since 1957 and as a | 14 | | dedicated trustee since 1975; in addition to his primary role | 15 | | as a teacher at Larkin High School in Elgin from 1962 to 1996, | 16 | | he held a number of leadership positions at the school, | 17 | | including student council advisor from 1965 to 1971, chair of | 18 | | English and Foreign Languages from 1969 to 1977, and chair of | 19 | | English and the Reading Division from 1977 to 1996; prior to | 20 | | teaching at Larkin High School, he served as a teaching | 21 | | assistant with the University of Iowa from 1961 to 1962, a high | 22 | | school teacher at Clear Lake Community School District from | 23 | | 1958 to 1961, and a junior and senior high school teacher and |
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| 1 | | coach at Presentation Academy from 1957 to 1958; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, John Duffy has served on the Board of Trustees of | 3 | | Elgin Community College (ECC) since 1975, making him the most | 4 | | senior and the longest serving trustee in the college's | 5 | | history; during his tenure, he has held various roles and has | 6 | | been elected chair seven times; he has also represented ECC | 7 | | locally and nationally; at the state level, he has served as | 8 | | ECC's representative or alternate throughout his years as a | 9 | | trustee; in addition to numerous committee assignments, he has | 10 | | chaired ECC's Federal Relations Committee seven times and | 11 | | served on the Executive Committee nine times; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Duffy has served ECC and community colleges | 13 | | at large through a number of leadership roles he held in | 14 | | national organizations; he was elected twice to the Board of | 15 | | Directors of the Association of Community College Trustees | 16 | | (ACCT) and appointed to the Board of Directors of the American | 17 | | Association of Community Colleges (AACC); in addition, he | 18 | | served on the ACCT/AACC Joint Commission on Federal Relations | 19 | | for eight years, which he chaired in 1988 and 1989; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, John Duffy has been a respected voice in his | 21 | | community and affiliated with a number of professional | 22 | | organizations, including the Illinois Association of Teachers | 23 | | of English, the National Council of Teachers of English, the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Classical Conference, the American Classical League, | 2 | | the Elgin Association of School Administrators, the Elgin | 3 | | Teachers Association, the Illinois Education Association, and | 4 | | the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA); | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, John Duffy has been | 7 | | recognized for his leadership, his service to his communities, | 8 | | and his contributions to the field of education, including | 9 | | receiving the Outstanding Young Educator Award from the Elgin | 10 | | Jaycees, being named the Kane County Distinguished Educator of | 11 | | the Year, being listed among the Outstanding Young Men in | 12 | | America, being recognized as an ACCT Outstanding Trustee for | 13 | | the Central Region, receiving the ACCT Central Region Trustee | 14 | | Leadership Award, and being honored as the 2002 ICCTA Trustee | 15 | | of the Year Award; his accomplishments have led to national | 16 | | and international recognition, and he has been featured in | 17 | | multiple editions of Who's Who in America, Who's Who in | 18 | | American Education, and Who's Who in the World; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Duffy and his wife, Anne, are the parents of | 20 | | four children, Jane, Paul, Sarah, and Steven; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate John | 23 | | Duffy on his retirement from Elgin Community College District |
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| 1 | | 509 Board of Trustees after 48 years of service, recognize his | 2 | | status as the institution's longest serving trustee, and thank | 3 | | him for his decades of hard work and commitment to the college, | 4 | | the students, and his communities; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to John Duffy as an expression of our esteem and | 7 | | respect.
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