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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Glenn Poshard was born on October 30, 1945 in | ||||||
| 3 | Herald; he is a 3-degree graduate of Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | University, having earned his bachelor's degree in secondary | ||||||
| 5 | education in 1970, a master's degree in educational | ||||||
| 6 | administration in 1974, and a Ph.D. in administration of higher | ||||||
| 7 | education in 1984; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, After college, Glenn Poshard taught high school, | ||||||
| 9 | coached high school sports, and served as director of the | ||||||
| 10 | Southern Illinois Educational Service Center in Benton from | ||||||
| 11 | 1975 to 1982; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, After serving in the Illinois State Senate from | ||||||
| 13 | 1984 to 1988, Glenn Poshard served in the United States House | ||||||
| 14 | of Representatives from January 3, 1989 to January 3, 1999; | ||||||
| 15 | following his stint in Congress, he and his wife, Jo, founded | ||||||
| 16 | the Poshard Foundation for Abused Children, which raises more | ||||||
| 17 | than $100,000 annually to fund care for abused children and | ||||||
| 18 | other victims of domestic abuse throughout southern Illinois; | ||||||
| 19 | among its many activities, the Poshard Foundation led efforts | ||||||
| 20 | to construct a new $600,000 women's shelter in Cairo, which | ||||||
| 21 | opened in December of 2003; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Glenn Poshard served for 4 years as the Vice | ||||||
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| 1 | Chancellor for Administration at Southern Illinois University | ||||||
| 2 | Carbondale; in January of 2004, he was selected by Governor Rod | ||||||
| 3 | Blagojevich to serve on the Southern Illinois University Board | ||||||
| 4 | of Trustees; he was later elected Chairman of the Board of | ||||||
| 5 | Trustees; in 2005, he resigned from his position on the Board | ||||||
| 6 | of Trustees and announced his candidacy for the presidency of | ||||||
| 7 | the Southern Illinois University system; on November 18, 2005, | ||||||
| 8 | the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees announced | ||||||
| 9 | that they had selected Glenn Poshard to serve as President of | ||||||
| 10 | the system; he subsequently took office on January 1, 2006; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, On July 25, 2013, Glenn Poshard announced that | ||||||
| 12 | would will retire as President of Southern Illinois University | ||||||
| 13 | after the 2013-14 school year; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Glenn Poshard has served with dignity and | ||||||
| 15 | integrity as President of Southern Illinois University; Mr. | ||||||
| 16 | Poshard and his legacy of service stand as examples of great | ||||||
| 17 | dedication and civic virtue to the citizens of the State of | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we congratulate Glenn Poshard on the occasion of his retirement | ||||||
| 22 | and wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and | ||||||
| 23 | be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Glenn Poshard as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 3 | respect.
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