Full Text of HR0867 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate William E. Feurer | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as the legal officer for the | 5 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education in December of 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer has served with the Illinois Board | 7 | | of Higher Education since 1973; during his tenure there, he has | 8 | | served with great distinction and his wise legal counsel and | 9 | | common sense have served the Board well; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer has worked extensively on the | 11 | | critical task of defining criteria and a system of priorities | 12 | | for program planning and review of new and existing units of | 13 | | instruction, research or public service at State universities | 14 | | plus the operations and program offerings at private | 15 | | institutions of higher education to ensure students have access | 16 | | to academic programs of high quality; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer helped to coordinate the statutory | 18 | | realignment of 4 public university governing boards for 9 | 19 | | institutions (the Board of Governors of State Colleges and | 20 | | Universities, the Board of Regents, the Board of Trustees of | 21 | | Southern Illinois University, and the Board of Trustees of the | 22 | | University of Illinois) into the current system of 9 boards of |
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| 1 | | trustees; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer has established and maintained a | 3 | | professional and purposeful relationship with members and | 4 | | staff of the Board of Higher Education, fellow legal officers | 5 | | at institutions of higher education in Illinois, members of the | 6 | | General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on Administrative | 7 | | Rules; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer served 17 years in the Navy Reserve | 9 | | after being selected for service in 1952, which provided the | 10 | | opportunity to attend Rice University in Houston, Texas and to | 11 | | graduate from the School of Journalism at the University of | 12 | | Missouri; he was commissioned into the United States Navy for 3 | 13 | | years and served on the U.S.S. Maloy, an experimental destroyer | 14 | | escort; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer, a trained journalist in print for | 16 | | weekly and small dailies, worked for the United Press | 17 | | International in Chicago, and was transferred to work for the | 18 | | United Press International in Springfield, where the main beat | 19 | | was the State Capitol Building, covering the House, Senate, | 20 | | gubernatorial news conferences, political campaigns, and other | 21 | | things associated with State government; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer was hired by Governor Otto Kerner |
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| 1 | | in 1962 as his assistant press secretary, speech writer, | 2 | | coordinator for the Governor's weekly article and radio show, | 3 | | Your Governor Reports, until 1968 when he enrolled at the | 4 | | University of Illinois Law School; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer was admitted to the Illinois Bar | 6 | | Association on May 18, 1971; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer worked for Senate President Cecil | 8 | | A. Partee, the first African-American in Illinois history to | 9 | | preside over a chamber of the State Legislature; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, William Feurer has practiced law in Springfield | 11 | | for more than 44 years, during which time he has also served on | 12 | | numerous community boards, committees, and commissions; he has | 13 | | also served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of | 14 | | Illinois at Springfield; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | thank William E. Feurer for his service to the citizens of the | 18 | | State of Illinois, especially to those who have been educated | 19 | | at Illinois' colleges and universities, and extend our best | 20 | | wishes to him in his retirement; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to William Feurer as a symbol of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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