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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestones in the
4 lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Gordon Johnson, President and C.E.O. of the Jane
6 Addams Hull House Association, retired on August 1, 2000; and
7 WHEREAS, Under his leadership, the Hull House budget and
8 staff have grown to oversee new programs; Mr. Johnson started
9 several programs, including Families For A Better Life,
10 Neighbor To Neighbor, and New Directions; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson served as Director of the Illinois
12 Department of Children & Family Services from 1983 to 1990;
13 Mr. Johnson has also served with the New York State
14 Department of Social Services, the Department of Public
15 Welfare in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Department of
16 Housing and Urban Development in Miami, Florida, the Model
17 City Program in Miami, Florida, the Custer Job Corps Center
18 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the Sam A. Lewisohn Short Term
19 Adolescent Resident Training Center in New York, Tompkins
20 County Hospital in Ithaca, New York, the Austin McCormick
21 Rehabilitation Camp in New York, the Pennsylvania Department
22 of Public Welfare, and the Jamesburg State Home for Boys in
23 Jamesburg, New Jersey; and
24 WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson received his education at Penn State
25 University and Rutgers School of Social Work; he is happily
26 married and has two children; therefore, be it
27 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we congratulate Gordon Johnson on his retirement and wish him
30 a happy and healthy future; and be it further
31 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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1 presented to Gordon Johnson.