Full Text of HR0549 96th General Assembly
HR0549 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Nanette Mellen on | 4 |
| the occasion of her retirement after 25 years of dedicated | 5 |
| service with Danville School District 118; and
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| WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen was born and raised in Danville; | 7 |
| she graduated from Danville High School with the Class of 1970; | 8 |
| she earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University in | 9 |
| 1974, her master's degree in education from the University of | 10 |
| Illinois in 1988, and her specialist degree in educational | 11 |
| administration from Eastern Illinois University in 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen has had a long and distinguished | 13 |
| career in education; starting in 1974, she taught in Danville | 14 |
| District 118 schools for 12 years, teaching second grade, fifth | 15 |
| grade, middle school, and high school physical education and | 16 |
| health classes at the Liberty, Roselawn, and Lincoln Elementary | 17 |
| Schools, North Ridge Middle School, and Danville High School; | 18 |
| she has also served as a track coach, assistant basketball | 19 |
| coach, cheerleading sponsor, and spelling team coach at the | 20 |
| elementary level; and
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| WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen served as athletic director at | 22 |
| Danville High School from 1985 to 1989; she served as assistant |
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| principal at DHS from 1989 to 1991; she served as director of | 2 |
| strategic planning and information from 1991 to 1992; from 1992 | 3 |
| until 1993, she served as principal at Edison Elementary | 4 |
| School; she served as director of human resources from 1993 to | 5 |
| 1996; she served as principal at DHS from 1996 until 2001; she | 6 |
| then served as an assistant/associate superintendent of | 7 |
| schools from 2001 until 2004, when she became the | 8 |
| superintendent of Danville School District 118; she remained | 9 |
| superintendent of the district until her retirement on June 30, | 10 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen serves as a model of hard work, | 12 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 13 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate Nanette Mellen on the occasion of her retirement | 17 |
| and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | 18 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Nanette Mellen as a symbol of our esteem and | 21 |
| respect.
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