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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, A retirement celebration will be held in honor of
3 Paul V. Johnson, Assistant Executive Director of Rolling
4 Prairie Library System (RPLS) in Decatur, on June 21, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson holds a B.A. in English and a Master
6 of Library Sciences from the University of Kentucky; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He joined RPLS in 1973 as Interlibrary Loan
8 Librarian, in an era where there was no automation of any kind
9 at the System; he became involved in library system automation
10 in 1976; he supervised the initial process of automating one
11 library, and during the next 29 years, he participated in three
12 migrations to different automation vendors and helped the
13 system automation project grow to over 140 libraries; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson became Assistant Executive Director
15 of RPLS in 1984; he shared in the administrative responsibility
16 for two extensive building remodelling projects; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Paul and his wife Mitzi have been married almost
18 32 years; they have four children, Rachael (husband Al) Ludwig,
19 Rebecca Johnson, Frank Johnson, and Ben Johnson; and
 
20     WHEREAS, He is an active member of St. Patrick Parish and
21 the Knights of Columbus in Decatur; he is President of the St.
22 Teresa School Board and is a member of the Macon County Draft
23 Board; therefore, be it
 
24     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we congratulate Paul V. Johnson on the occasion of his
27 retirement after 32 years of service; and be it further
 
28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to Mr. Johnson as an expression of our respect and
2 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.