Full Text of HR0976 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Sam H. McGowen | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of | 5 | | Mascoutah Community Unit School District #19; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen earned his bachelor's degree in social | 7 | | studies with a minor in English from Southeast Missouri State | 8 | | University in 1966; he subsequently earned his master's degree | 9 | | and specialist degree in educational administration from | 10 | | Southeast Missouri State University and his doctorate in | 11 | | educational administration from St. Louis University; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen has served in the education field for | 13 | | 45 years; he began his career as a social studies teacher in | 14 | | Bonne Terre, Missouri in 1967; after serving as a teacher and | 15 | | administrator in numerous Missouri schools, he accepted the | 16 | | position of Superintendent of Paris School District #95 in | 17 | | 1988; in 1994, he took the position of Superintendent of | 18 | | Mascoutah Community Unit School District #19, where he remained | 19 | | until his retirement on June 30, 2012; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure as Superintendent, Sam McGowen | 21 | | presided over a period of student growth in the district while | 22 | | promoting a vision statement that emphasized a "Community of |
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| 1 | | Excellent Schools"; student enrollment during his tenure | 2 | | swelled from 2,700 students to over 3,600; numerous additions | 3 | | and renovations to the district's facilities were also | 4 | | completed during his tenure; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen retired from the Missouri Army | 6 | | National Guard at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on September | 7 | | of 1993 after 27 years of active and reserve service; at the | 8 | | time of his retirement, he served as the Operations Officer of | 9 | | the Missouri Army National Guard's 35th Engineer Brigade; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen is a member of the American | 11 | | Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association | 12 | | of School Administrators, the Illinois State Board of Education | 13 | | Accreditation Review Team, the Illinois Association of School | 14 | | Boards, the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, | 15 | | Phi Delta Kappa, the Military Impacted Schools Association, the | 16 | | National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, the | 17 | | Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, | 18 | | Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative Executive | 19 | | Committee, the St. Clair County/SWIC Regional Vocation System | 20 | | Board of Control, the Retired National Guard Association, the | 21 | | Mascoutah Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Mascoutah, and the | 22 | | Mascoutah First Baptist Church; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, A retirement reception in honor of Sam McGowen |
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| 1 | | will be held at the Mascoutah High School Cafeteria on May 24, | 2 | | 2012; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen serves as a model of hard work, | 4 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 5 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Dr. Sam H. McGowen on the occasion of his | 9 | | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 10 | | years; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Sam McGowen as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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