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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to
3 recognize significant occasions in the lives of the people of
4 this State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Kennedy Junior
6 High School in Lisle, the newest of the five middle schools
7 in Naperville Community Unit School District 203, is being
8 dedicated to Eugene C. Drendel, who retired as associate
9 superintendent for 6-12 instruction in 1994; and
10 WHEREAS, A native Napervillian, he attended SS Peter and
11 Paul Catholic School and Naperville Community High School; he
12 attended Iowa State College and earned his master's degree in
13 educational administration as the college became a
14 university; and
15 WHEREAS, He met and married Sharon Fogarty of Cedar
16 Rapids, Iowa; they moved to DeKalb, where he served as a
17 middle school math and science teacher; he also coached a
18 ninth grade wrestling team that was undefeated in dual meets
19 during his three-year stewardship; and
20 WHEREAS, In 1963, Gene Drendel returned to Naperville and
21 taught seventh and eighth grade math and science at Lincoln
22 Junior High School and served as assistant wrestling coach;
23 during his second and third years, he served as both teacher
24 and assistant principal; and
25 WHEREAS, In 1966, he became principal of Naper Elementary
26 School; he left Naper to become director of administrative
27 services for the district in 1968; the following year, he
28 served as interim principal at Beebe Elementary School while
29 making arrangements for the opening of Jefferson Junior High
30 School, and in 1970 he opened the still unfinished school;
31 and
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1 WHEREAS, He served on the governing boards of the special
2 education cooperative to which the school district then
3 belonged, and of the Audio Visual Institute of DuPage County;
4 he was recognized by the Naperville Jaycees as Outstanding
5 Young Educator and as Distinguished Educator; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1985, he was elevated to Associate
7 Superintendent of Instruction for grades six through twelve;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Gene and Sharon Drendel are the loving parents
10 of Theresa, Joseph, Douglas, Andrea, and Sean; they are the
11 proud grandparents of three granddaughters and one grandson;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, Although retired, Gene Drendel continued his
14 involvement with the education profession, teaching and
15 coordinating clinical and student teaching assignments; he
16 also represents North Central College at meetings of college
17 placement coordinators, helps coordinate an annual job fair,
18 and counsels incoming education students; and
19 WHEREAS, Gene Drendel is worthy of our highest
20 admiration, he has earned the respect of all who have come to
21 know him; therefore, be it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we join with the people of Naperville in paying tribute to
25 Gene Drendel and congratulate him on his success; and be it
26 further
27 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to him as an expression of our esteem.