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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Rob Dwyer on the occasion
4of his retirement as executive director of the Quincy Society
5of Fine Arts (QSFA) on June 30, 2013; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer is a graduate of the University of
7California in Berkeley, Harvard Divinity School, and the
8University of Chicago's Arts Management Institute; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer has worked for local arts councils for
10the past 40 years; in 1983, he was selected by the "Skip"
11Reiss' Arts Management magazine as the outstanding arts
12administrator in the United States for his work at the local
13arts council in Reno, Nevada; he has served as an Arts in
14Education panelist and national site evaluator for the National
15Endowment for the Arts and panelist for the Illinois Arts
16Council; he has also worked as a consultant for American
17Samoa's Department of Education, the Iowa Arts Council, the
18Indiana University Arts Management School, and the Illinois
19Arts Peers program; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer has served as the executive director of
21the Quincy Society of Fine Arts since 1983; the Quincy Society
22of Fine Arts is recognized as the oldest volunteer arts

 

 

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1organization in the United States; during his tenure, QSFA's
2member organizations have grown from 17 to nearly 65, while the
3organization's annual budget has increased from $98,000 to
4$1,200,000, with $879,640 in audited marketing services; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer was instrumental in the creation of the
6Marion Gardner Jackson Trust Arts Fund, which has awarded over
7$400,000 to arts programs that could demonstrate a direct
8economic impact on the City of Quincy, such as the free Blues
9in the District concerts in Washington Park; the television and
10radio programs created under his leadership have generated over
11$15,000,000 of audited marketing support for all the arts in
12Quincy; he also helped create the Arts/Quincy Riverfest,
13Arts/Quincy Ball, Art$ Dollar$, In$tant Art$ Dollar$,
14Arts=Education, All-American Kids Awards, Arts Boosters,
15Arts/Quincy Magazine, Arts/Quincy Social Media, Annual Arts
16Calendar, Arts/Quincy E-BLASTS, and Forte'; and
 
17    WHEREAS, In 1991, Rob Dwyer received the Arts Education
18Service Award from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education; in
191993, he was appointed as a Trustee of the Illinois Summer
20School for the Arts by Governor Jim Edgar; since 1983, the City
21of Quincy has won two Governor's Arts Awards from the Illinois
22Arts Council; and
 
23    WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Rob Dwyer plans to help

 

 

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1the Quincy Society of Fine Arts with arts marketing services
2and help in the selection of a new executive director; he then
3plans to attend more arts events in Quincy and increase his
4volunteer arts activities; and
 
5    WHEREAS, There is considerable evidence that art makes for
6a better person; through Rob Dwyer's leadership, the arts have
7flourished and made the greater Quincy region a better place to
8live and raise families; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Rob Dwyer serves as a model of hard work,
10integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
11Illinois; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14we congratulate Rob Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement and
15wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be
16it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to Rob Dwyer as a symbol of our esteem and respect.