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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Lorraine Epperson |
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| as she retires from the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois |
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| University; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a lifelong McDonough County resident and a |
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| real estate broker and owner of Century 21-Purdum-Epperson in |
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| Macomb; she entered the real estate business in 1974 with the |
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| R.B. Purdum Real Estate Firm and has earned the Certified |
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| Residential Specialist degree and the Lifetime Diamond Award, |
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| which is the Illinois Association of Realtors' highest award; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Epperson received both a bachelor's degree |
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| (1948) and master's degree (1952) in education from WIU; before |
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| turning to a business career, she was in education for 34 |
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| years, including 18 years as director of guidance at Macomb |
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| High School; and
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| WHEREAS, She served as a Board of Governors Universities |
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| trustee from 1993 to 1995; in 1988, she was recognized by the |
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| WIU College of Business with a Distinguished Alumni Award; she |
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| served on the WIU Alumni Council from 1979 to 1981 and from |
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| 1984 to 1990; she was also a member of the WIU Foundation Board |
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| of Directors during 1993 and 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, She has conscientiously served the citizens of the |
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| State of Illinois as a member of the Western Illinois |
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| University Board of Trustees since 1995; she served as Chair of |
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| the Board from July 1998 to June 2000 and was the Chair of the |
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| Academic and Student Services Committee from 2001 until her |
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| retirement; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |