Full Text of HR1502 94th General Assembly
HR1502 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Larry E. Matejka became Executive Director of the | 3 |
| Illinois Student Assistance Commission in July 1980, making him | 4 |
| our State's longest-serving agency director; and
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| WHEREAS, A Missouri native, Larry E. Matejka began his | 6 |
| journey in higher education by earning a Bachelor of Arts | 7 |
| degree from Evangel College and Master of Arts degree from | 8 |
| Michigan State University; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry E. Matejka has served Illinois college | 10 |
| students at the campus level as Assistant Vice Chancellor for | 11 |
| Student Affairs and Director of Financial Aid at the University | 12 |
| of Illinois in Urbana and as Director of Financial Aid at | 13 |
| Illinois State University; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Larry E. Matejka is a past President of the | 15 |
| Illinois Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators | 16 |
| (ILASFAA) and National Council of Higher Education Loan | 17 |
| Programs (NCHELP), the only person ever to be re-elected to | 18 |
| that post; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Under Larry E. Matejka's leadership, the Illinois | 20 |
| Student Assistance Commission has become a national leader in | 21 |
| making college affordable with the Monetary Award Program | 22 |
| (MAP), through which 3.1 million Illinois students have been | 23 |
| awarded $5.7 billion during his tenure; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, A diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan Larry E. Matejka | 25 |
| has announced his retirement after a 26-year run, a period of | 26 |
| service that rivals Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken, Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry E. Matejka is a nationally-recognized | 28 |
| advocate of simplifying the student financial aid process and | 29 |
| eliminating application fees to make college more accessible |
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| and has played a vital role in the development of nearly every | 2 |
| federal and State grant and loan program from which a typical | 3 |
| Illinois college student can benefit; and
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| WHEREAS, As ISAC Executive Director, Larry E. Matejka is | 5 |
| retiring partly because, having testified before more | 6 |
| congressional and State legislative committees than he can | 7 |
| remember, the possibility exists that he could be quoting | 8 |
| himself; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry E. Matejka, who has been at the helm of the | 10 |
| Illinois Student Assistance Commission for more than half of | 11 |
| its 50-year existence, is living proof that one person can | 12 |
| truly make a difference, and he has done so with intellect, | 13 |
| grace, and humor; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 |
| we congratulate Larry Matejka on his retirement as Executive | 17 |
| Director of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and be | 18 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Larry Matejka.
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