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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in
4 the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Gordon D.
6 Postlewaite is retiring from his duties as Assistant
7 Superintendent for Administration at Oswego Community Unit
8 School District 308 at the end of the 2001 school year; and
9 WHEREAS, Mr. Postlewaite received his bachelor's degree
10 in Science from Carthage College in 1959 and his master's
11 degree in Educational Administration from Northern Illinois
12 University in 1968; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Postlewaite began his career as an educator
14 at the Aurora East Public Schools; from 1959 through 1960, he
15 served as a sixth grade teacher at W.S. Beaupre Elementary
16 School; from 1961 through 1962, he served as a Math and
17 Science teacher as well as the head football coach and
18 assistant basketball coach at C.F. Simmons Junior High
19 School; from 1962 through 1968 he served at East Aurora High
20 School where he was a Biology and Physical Education teacher
21 as well as the head varsity swim coach and as assistant
22 varsity football coach; from 1969 through 1970 he served as
23 assistant principal at K.D. Waldo Junior High School; in 1970
24 he served a Interim Administrative Assistant to the
25 Superintendent for the Aurora East Public Schools; from 1970
26 through 1971 he served as the Assistant Principal at East
27 Aurora High School; and from 1971 through 1979 he was
28 appointed Principal of C.F. Simmons Junior High School; and
29 WHEREAS, From 1979 through November of 1985, Mr.
30 Postlewaite was the Vice-President, Manager at Fox Valley
31 Platers, Inc., from November 1985 through 1989, he served as
32 Principal at East Aurora High School; from 1989 through 1993,
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1 he served as Principal at Eisenhower High School; and from
2 1993 through 2001 he served as Assistant Superintendent for
3 Administration at Oswego Community Unit School District 308;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Gordon Postlewaite serves as a member of several
6 professional organizations including the Upstate Eight
7 Conference Board of Control, the Illinois Principals
8 Association, the National Association of Secondary School
9 Principals, the Illinois Association of Secondary School
10 Principals, Phi Delta Kappa - Northern Illinois University
11 Chapter, the Illinois Parent-Teacher Association, and the
12 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; he
13 also served as Co-Chairman of the Education Division of
14 United Way Campaign from 1969 through 1971, as Chairman of
15 the National Education Consortium from 1975 through 1976, and
16 as President of the Fox valley Junior High School Principals'
17 Association from 1975 through 1976; and
18 WHEREAS, Gordon Postlewaite has been active in several
19 workshops and speaking engagements including as a trainer for
20 the Evaluation of Ancillary School Personnel, Administrator
21 Academy Phase I, Project Challenge, and T.I.S.A -
22 Administrative Training; and as a speaker at the National
23 AAHPER Convention in Washington, D.C., the Regional AAHPER
24 Workshop at Purdue University, the State Meeting for Physical
25 Educators in 1973, the OSPI Workshops, the State Convention
26 AAHPER in Chicago, the Youngstown Ohio Workshop, the Kent
27 State University Workshop, and the Whiteside County
28 Institute; and
29 WHEREAS, Gordon Postlewaite has authored or co-authored
30 several publications, including "Comprehensive Individualized
31 Computer-Monitored Physical Education Program" in 1972,
32 "Computer-Monitored Physical Education" for the Journal of
33 Health and P.E. Recreation in 1973, "Present
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1 Computer-Monitored Physical Education" for the Junior High
2 School Association of Illinois Newsletter in 1974, and
3 "Effective Schools and Administrative Teaming" for the
4 Illinois Principal in 1987; and
5 WHEREAS, In addition to his teaching duties, Gordon
6 Postlewaite served as President-Elect of the Aurora Area
7 Shrine Club in 1986, as Vice-President of the Carthage
8 College Alumni Association from 1982 through 1985, as
9 Secretary/Treasurer of the Oswegoland Optimist Club in 1983;
10 and as President of the Carthage College Alumni Association
11 from 1987 through the present day; and
12 WHEREAS, Oswego School District #308 will host a
13 Retirement Party in honor of Gordon D. Postlewaite on June 8,
14 2001; therefore, be it
15 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17 we congratulate Gordon D. Postlewaite on his retirement as
18 Assistant Superintendent for Administration for Oswego School
19 District #308 and we wish him well in all of his future
20 endeavors; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Gordon D. Postlewaite as an expression of our
23 esteem.