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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois join with Representative Monique Davis in
4 congratulating Charles L. Alexander, Principal of Morgan Park
5 High School, on the occasion of his retirement after 40 years
6 of service in the field of education; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander holds degrees from the University of
8 Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas (B.A., History and
9 Government); Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago
10 (M.ED., Urban Education); and Chicago State University Chicago
11 (M.A., Educational Administration; he continued his education
12 at Northeastern Illinois University, Governors State
13 University, Chicago State University, and completed 36 hours of
14 graduate study in the Staff Development Program through the
15 Chicago Board of Education; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He began his educational career as a history
17 teacher at DuSable; in 1970, he moved to Morgan Park High
18 School as a history teacher, where he went on to hold the
19 positions of Dean of Students, Assistant Principal, and finally
20 Principal; from 1970 to 1975, he worked with the YMCA, and he
21 worked as a CETA Program Specialist for The Mayors Summer Youth
22 Employment Program for the Chicago Board of Education from 1976
23 to 1998; he also served as the JPTA Coordinator for the Chicago
24 Board of Education from 1983 to 1990 and as an instructor in
25 the City College of Chicago Adult Evening School from 1981 to
26 1983; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander received the Principal of
28 Excellence Award in 1995 and the Outstanding Principal
29 Leadership Award in 1998; he is a member of the Chicago
30 Principals and Administrators Association, the NAACP, Phi
31 Delta Kappa Education Fraternity, NASSP, and the Association
32 for Supervision and Curriculum Development; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, He served as a member of the Board of Directors of
2 Omega Associates, LTD., and on the Board of Directors of the
3 Afro-American Youth Society; he is a member of Omega Psi Phi
4 Fraternity, WayFarer's Lodge #128 F & A M, and St. John Church -
5 Baptist, where he is a member of the Board of Deacons;
6 therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 we congratulate Charles Alexander on the occasion of his
10 retirement, and we thank him for his many years of dedication
11 to the education of students in the State of Illinois; and be
12 it further
 
13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to Mr. Alexander as an expression of our respect and
15 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.