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92_HR0909 LRB9216871RHrh 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 -2- LRB9216871RHrh 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 -3- LRB9216871RHrh 1 presented to David Taylor and Linda Stickney-Taylor as an 2 expression of our esteem.