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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, A retirement celebration will be held in honor of |
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| Paul V. Johnson, Assistant Executive Director of Rolling |
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| Prairie Library System (RPLS) in Decatur, on June 21, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson holds a B.A. in English and a Master |
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| of Library Sciences from the University of Kentucky; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined RPLS in 1973 as Interlibrary Loan |
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| Librarian, in an era where there was no automation of any kind |
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| at the System; he became involved in library system automation |
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| in 1976; he supervised the initial process of automating one |
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| library, and during the next 29 years, he participated in three |
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| migrations to different automation vendors and helped the |
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| system automation project grow to over 140 libraries; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson became Assistant Executive Director |
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| of RPLS in 1984; he shared in the administrative responsibility |
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| for two extensive building remodelling projects; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul and his wife Mitzi have been married almost |
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| 32 years; they have four children, Rachael (husband Al) Ludwig, |
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| Rebecca Johnson, Frank Johnson, and Ben Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, He is an active member of St. Patrick Parish and |
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| the Knights of Columbus in Decatur; he is President of the St. |
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| Teresa School Board and is a member of the Macon County Draft |
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| Board; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Paul V. Johnson on the occasion of his |
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| retirement after 32 years of service; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |