Full Text of HR1606 95th General Assembly
HR1606 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 thank Phil Lawler for his many | 4 |
| years of service and dedication to the promotion of physical | 5 |
| fitness and health; and
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| WHEREAS, Phil Lawler has been the PE4LIFE Director of | 7 |
| Instruction and Outreach since 2001; he has also been the | 8 |
| Director of the PE4 Life Academy at Madison Junior High School | 9 |
| in Naperville; and
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| WHEREAS, Phil Lawler retired as a physical education | 11 |
| teacher after 34 years of teaching; he has earned many awards | 12 |
| in his field, including receiving the Illinois Middle School | 13 |
| Physical Education Teacher of the Year and the Naperville | 14 |
| School District 203 Teacher of the Year; he was named a member | 15 |
| of the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches' Hall of Fame and | 16 |
| a member of the USA Today First Team All-American Teaching | 17 |
| Team; he has trained nearly 700 physical educators, school | 18 |
| administrators, and community leaders from several states and | 19 |
| foreign countries in the concepts and methods of the "New | 20 |
| Physical Education"; and he has promoted quality | 21 |
| health-and-wellness-based physical education programs by | 22 |
| hosting more than 150 visiting school districts and communities | 23 |
| across the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, | 2 |
| USA Today, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, the | 3 |
| Washington Post, and numerous television special reports; he | 4 |
| coordinates an annual physical education conference in DuPage | 5 |
| County that draws more than 1500 teachers and features over 50 | 6 |
| speakers; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been featured, along with the Madison | 8 |
| Junior High School PE4Life program, in the documentary "Super | 9 |
| Size Me"; he is a respected expert in his field, sought out for | 10 |
| his advice and council by researchers and medical | 11 |
| professionals, as well as educators; and he has testified in | 12 |
| the State legislature and in Washington, D.C. on health and | 13 |
| wellness issues; and
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| WHEREAS, He has worked tirelessly in promoting quality | 15 |
| physical education and is an accomplished and dedicated | 16 |
| advocate for physical education and health wellness; he is a | 17 |
| mentor, motivator, and visionary in his field, whose passion | 18 |
| and dedication to PE4Life and to quality physical education | 19 |
| programs is evident to everyone with whom he comes into | 20 |
| contact; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| thank Phil Lawler for his dedication to the health of others, | 2 |
| especially the children of the State of Illinois; and we wish | 3 |
| him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to Phil Lawler as a symbol of our sincere respect.
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