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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, Dr. David R.  Taylor  is  currently  serving  as
 3    President of Western Illinois University; and

 4        WHEREAS,  Dr. Taylor has elected to retire effective June
 5    30, 2002; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Taylor  has  been  at   Western   Illinois
 7    University  since  1979,  serving  as  Dean of the College of
 8    Education and Human Services  for  more  than  twenty  years,
 9    until his appointment in December of 2001 as President; and

10        WHEREAS,  Dr. Taylor has made tremendous contributions to
11    Western Illinois University, higher education, and the  State
12    of Illinois with pioneering and nationally recognized efforts
13    in the areas of interactive distance learning and educational
14    technology and has provided guidance and oversight to Western
15    Illinois   University's   highly  successful  and  innovative
16    teacher education program; and

17        WHEREAS, Dr. Taylor served with the White House  Domestic
18    Council  as  education liaison during the Ford administration
19    and has served on numerous  national,  regional,  State,  and
20    local boards and committees, including for the State Board of
21    Education, the Office of the Governor, the U.S. Department of
22    Education, the Governor's Illinois Technology Team, the AACTE
23    Technology  in  Teacher  Education  Committee,  and the Spoon
24    River Community College Board of Trustees; and

25        WHEREAS, Dr. Taylor served  his  country  in  the  United
26    States  Marine  Corp,  where  he  received  a Vietnam Service
27    Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Purple
28    Heart; and

29        WHEREAS, Dr. Linda Stickney-Taylor, the wife of Dr. David
30    Taylor,  serves  as  the  Dean  of  Extended  and  Continuing
31    Education  for  Western  Illinois  University  and  has  made
 
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 1    significant contributions of her own; and

 2        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Stickney-Taylor  has   been   particularly
 3    instrumental  in  the  development  and tremendous success of
 4    Western Illinois  University's  Quad-Cities  campus,  working
 5    tirelessly  to  provide  new and innovative program offerings
 6    and  educational  opportunities  to  the  entire  Quad-Cities
 7    region; and

 8        WHEREAS, During her tenure, Dr. Stickney-Taylor has  been
 9    responsible   for   Western  Illinois  University's  extended
10    learning  program,  cross-cultural  programs,   international
11    education  program,  non-credit and non-traditional programs,
12    radio station, and other program areas; and

13        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Stickney-Taylor   and   Western   Illinois
14    University's School of Extended and Continuing Education have
15    received  numerous  State,  regional, and national awards for
16    their extraordinary efforts; and

17        WHEREAS. Dr. Stickney-Taylor has also elected  to  retire
18    and will join her husband in well-deserved and less demanding
19    pursuits,    including   time   with   their   children   and
20    grandchildren and boating on Lake Michigan; therefore, be it

21        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
22    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23    we  express  our  sincere gratitude for both Dr. David Taylor
24    and  Dr.  Linda  Stickney-Taylor's  contributions  to  higher
25    education and to the State of Illinois and congratulate  them
26    for   their  many  achievements  while  at  Western  Illinois
27    University; and be it further

28        RESOLVED, That we join together to wish them all the best
29    in their retirement and  any  future  endeavors;  and  be  it
30    further

31        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 
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 1    presented to David Taylor and  Linda  Stickney-Taylor  as  an
 2    expression of our esteem.

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