Full Text of HR1580 94th General Assembly
HR1580 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois whish to congratulate Lake Land College on | 4 |
| the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its founding; and
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| WHEREAS, On September 24, 1996, voters in 13 school | 6 |
| districts voted to form a community college district in east | 7 |
| central Illinois; the 13 original districts consisted of Casey, | 8 |
| Charleston, Cowden/Herrick, Cumberland, Kansas, Mattoon, | 9 |
| Neoga, Oakland, Shelbyville, Stewardson-Strasburg, Tower Hill, | 10 |
| Westfield, and Windsor; over the years, due to the strong | 11 |
| reputation of the school, the districts of Martinsville, | 12 |
| Beecher City, Effingham, Teutopolis, Grove Elementary | 13 |
| (northern Newton), Sullivan, Dieterich, Altamont, | 14 |
| Farina-LaGrove, Bethany, Brownstown, Findlay, Marshall, North | 15 |
| Clay County, Paris Crestwood, Ramsey, Shiloh | 16 |
| (Hume/Brocton/Redmon), Arthur, Lovington, Pana, Paris Union | 17 |
| 95, and the northeast corner of the Vandalia district, all | 18 |
| joined with Lake Land College; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgil H. Judge was named the first president of | 20 |
| Lake Land College on March 1, 1967; classes started on | 21 |
| September 6, 1967 in temporary facilities; the second | 22 |
| president, Doctor Robert D. Webb, assumed the position of | 23 |
| president on July 1, 1972 and during his tenure oversaw the | 24 |
| full recognition and accreditation by the North Central | 25 |
| Association of Colleges and Universities; Doctor David V. | 26 |
| Schultz took over as president on August 1, 1984 and oversaw | 27 |
| the college's transition from quarters to semesters; Doctor | 28 |
| Robert K. Luther became the fourth president on July 1, 1988 | 29 |
| and guided the college to numerous achievements, including the | 30 |
| dedication of many new buildings, annexation of new districts, | 31 |
| and a milestone enrollment of over 10,000 at the end of Spring | 32 |
| 2004; Doctor Bill J. Thallemer assumed the presidency of Lake | 33 |
| Land College on July 1, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The College district consists of 4,000 square | 2 |
| miles with an approximate population of 202,000; its 308-acre | 3 |
| campus has eight major buildings, seven support buildings, two | 4 |
| campus ponds, a 160-acre agriculture land laboratory, and a | 5 |
| 30,000 volume Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center; | 6 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we congratulate Lake Land College on the occasion of its 40th | 10 |
| anniversary and wish it continued success in the future; and be | 11 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Lake Land College president, Bill J. Thallemer, | 14 |
| and the Lake Land College community.
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