HR0559 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Robin Hambleton on his service as Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and to extend best wishes to him on his new position as Professor of City Leadership at the University of the West of England in Bristol, United Kingdom; and

WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago on April 1, 2002; and

WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton has been responsible for many accomplishments during his tenure as Dean of CUPPA at UIC; he is responsible for the outstanding progress made on the implementation of CUPPA's 2010 Strategic Plan, making significant progress only halfway into the proposed timeline; and

WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton has been instrumental in the rise of the status and reputation of CUPPA within the fields of urban planning and public administration, making UIC's Urban Planning and Policy program the largest graduate planning program and one of the top programs in the United States; a recent comparative assessment of U.S. Public Administrative programs examining scholarly outputs and research performance placed the program as the top public university program in the country, and third overall; and

WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton was integral in the creation and introduction of an innovative Undergraduate Degree in Urban and Public Affairs; and

WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton has played a crucial role in the strengthening of the national and international profile of CUPPA and UIC; the International City Futures Conferences held in 2004 was the first step of a process that has seen CUPPA re-position itself as both a national leader and a respected global player in the field of urban and public affairs; in July 2008 the College will host the Joint Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Association of European Schools of Planning, an event that will likely be the largest international conference ever held in the US; in April 2009, the College will host the Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association; and

WHEREAS, Robin Hambleton's dedication to his profession has truly been a model for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Robin Hambleton on his service to the University of Illinois at Chicago and on his new position at the University of the West of England in Bristol, and wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dean Robin Hambleton as a symbol of our esteem and respect.