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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Loann J. Honesty
4 King on the occasion of her retirement as the Vice President
5 of Student Services and Enrollment Management at Kennedy-King
6 College after 40 years of committed and dedicated service as
7 an educator and administrator; and
8 WHEREAS, Vice President King's career began at Parker
9 (Robeson) High School in 1963, where she taught Business
10 Education and served as a Counselor and Chairman of the
11 Counseling Department; in 1980, she went on to work at Jobs
12 for Youth/Chicago, Inc. as Deputy Director and then Associate
13 Executive Director; following that, she worked for the
14 Illinois Community College Board as Grant Coordinator for the
15 northern Illinois area; in 1987, she joined City Colleges of
16 Chicago as Grant Coordinator and Consultant for Malcolm X and
17 Chicago City-Wide College respectively; and
18 WHEREAS, Vice President King moved on to serve as
19 Assistant Dean of Instruction, Assistant Dean of Student
20 Services, Dean of Career Programs, and Dean of Instruction at
21 Olive-Harvey College; her student advocacy, organizational
22 skills, and contribution to enrollment increases was marked
23 and she was asked to join Kennedy-King College's
24 administrative staff as Dean of Instruction in August of
25 1999; in May of 2001, she was promoted to Vice President of
26 Student Services and Enrollment Management; and
27 WHEREAS, Mrs. King has been honored for her
28 professionalism and commitment to student advocacy; in
29 February of 2002, she was awarded the National Resource
30 Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in
31 Transition's Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award;
32 in 1998, she was nominated by Olive-Harvey College and again
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1 in 2003 by Kennedy-King College as the recipient of the
2 Outstanding/Phenomenal Woman Award from the American
3 Association of Women in Community Colleges, Harold Washington
4 College Chapter; her professional accomplishments have also
5 been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and
6 Chicago State University; and
7 WHEREAS, Mrs. King is active in many service and
8 community-based organizations; she is a former Central
9 Regional Director and National Treasurer of Alpha Kappa Alpha
10 Sorority, Inc., and is currently a member of Theta Omega
11 Chapter, and the Hoffman Estates Chapter of the Links, Inc.;
12 she serves on the Chicago Community Trust's African American
13 Initiative Committee, and holds active membership in the
14 Illinois Council of Community College Administrators,
15 American Association of Women in Community Colleges, Chicago
16 Urban League, and the American Association of Collegiate
17 Registrars and Admissions Officers; she is a past President
18 of the Parkway Community House Board of Directors, and she is
19 a former member of the Board of Directors for Hull House and
20 the Human Resource Development Institute; and
21 WHEREAS, Mrs. King was recently inducted into the
22 Englewood High School Alumni Hall of Fame and her meritorious
23 works have been cited in several publications including being
24 featured in Ebony Magazine's Speaking of People and listed in
25 several Who's Who Biographies; and
26 WHEREAS, Mrs. King has published several articles and is
27 the author of the book "Pledged to Remember - The History of
28 Central Region," Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; and
29 WHEREAS, Mrs. King earned her undergraduate degree from
30 Chicago State University and a Master of Arts degree from
31 Northeastern Illinois University; in 2001, she and her
32 husband, Paul J. King Jr. established the Loann and Paul King
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1 Philanthropic Fund with the Chicago Community Trust becoming
2 the Trust's first family donor advised fund established by
3 African Americans; they have two adult sons, Paul J. King III
4 and Timothy J. King; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate Mrs. Loann J. Honesty King on the occasion of
8 her retirement after 40 years of service as an educator and
9 administrator, and we thank her for her devotion to student
10 advocacy; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Loann J. Honesty King as an expression of our
13 respect and esteem.