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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize significant
4 milestones in the lives of citizens of the State of Illinois;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Warren Jackson of Villa Ridge recently was
7 elected president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK), the
8 international honor society for community colleges; and
9 WHEREAS, Warren Jackson, 19, is president of Shawnee
10 Community College's Alpha Lambda Epsilon chapter of PTK,
11 Illinois regional president and Illinois regional southern
12 vice president of the society, and the youngest member ever
13 elected to the Meridian Community School District board of
14 education; and
15 WHEREAS, Warren Jackson joined PTK in February of 2000,
16 became an active member, and was influenced in his decision
17 to run for president of the international society by friend
18 and fellow Shawnee PTK member Charles Bradshaw, who was
19 elected an international vice president in 2000; and
20 WHEREAS, Candidates for international office were
21 required to participate in a broad range of activities at
22 various PTK conventions, such as non-political speeches; and
23 WHEREAS, Warren Jackson was one of five candidates for
24 international president in a run-off election at a Dallas
25 convention, he and one other candidate received the top
26 votes, and Warren Jackson won the final election at the
27 Denver convention; and
28 WHEREAS, He credited his parents, Warren Sr. and Karen
29 Jackson, his PTK adviser David Ponce, and his many friends in
30 the Alpha Lambda Epsilon chapter and other chapters
31 nationally for the honor; and
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1 WHEREAS, As international president, Warren Jackson, a
2 political science major with minors in speech communications
3 and environmental studies, will travel the country to talk
4 about PTK and educational goals, and will receive a
5 scholarship for his presidency; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8 we congratulate Warren Jackson on his election as
9 international president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society; and
10 be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be
12 delivered to Warren Jackson as an expression of our esteem.