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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are please to recognize milestone events in
4 the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen, an American government teacher
6 at Zion-Benton Township High School, was the recent recipient
7 of the Veterans of Foreign War's "Voice of Democracy" Teacher
8 of the Year for the State of Illinois award; and
9 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen received his undergraduate
10 education in political science at Harvard University and
11 Illinois State University, and he earned graduate degrees
12 from Illinois State University and the University of
13 Illinois; and
14 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen, prior to his arrival at
15 Zion-Benton Township High School, organized and taught at an
16 Illinois Law Enforcement Commission school for juvenile
17 offenders in Bloomington, Illinois; he has taught in the
18 State of Illinois for thirty-three years of which the last
19 twenty years have been at Zion-Benton Township High School;
20 and
21 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen was appointed by Governor James R.
22 Thompson as a Commissioner on the Illinois Juvenile Justice
23 Commission and served in that capacity for ten years; and
24 WHEREAS, For the past twenty-five years, Bruce Hansen has
25 sponsored programs honoring United States Veterans; his
26 students have consistently placed well in essay and
27 oratorical contests sponsored by the Veteran of Foreign Wars
28 as well as many other veteran organizations; in 1994, his
29 students won one statewide oratorical competition and placed
30 second in the American Legion's statewide contest; and
31 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen has gone beyond the duties and
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1 expectations when it comes to the influence he has had on his
2 students; he has continuously given of himself to assist his
3 students to accomplish one solitary goal, to learn; he has
4 taught GED classes two nights a week in addition to his
5 teaching schedule at Zion-Benton Township High School; he
6 always finds time to work with the students on special
7 projects, like the Voice of Democracy; he has also sponsored
8 fund-raising activities for the students as well as a trip to
9 see the inauguration of the President of the United States;
10 his most recent fund-raising event was for funds to purchase
11 a bronze statue of the flag-raising event on Iwo Gima for
12 Zion-Benton Township High School; and
13 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen recently hosted a half-hour show
14 where he interviewed local veterans on what Veteran's Day
15 meant to them; he has been instrumental in many activities
16 involving honor to veterans; and he has worked closely with
17 the high school's Jr. ROTC program; and
18 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen has been a member of the Illinois
19 Federation of Teachers since its inception at Zion-Benton
20 Township High School; he has served as a member of the
21 negotiating team at Zion-Benton and as the Legislative
22 Chairman of the Lake County Federation of Teachers; and
23 WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen and his wife, Sally, happily reside
24 in Lake Zurich, Illinois; therefore, be it
25 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
27 we congratulate Bruce Hansen for being the recipient of the
28 Veteran of Foreign War's "Voice of Democracy" Teacher of the
29 year award for the year 2001, and for his dedication in the
30 field of teaching and beyond; and be it further
31 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
32 presented to Bruce Hansen as an expression of our esteem.
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