Bill Text: IL HR0785 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Roger Clawson of Moline on receiving the Western Illinois University Alumni Achievement Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-02-04 - Resolution Adopted [HR0785 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0785-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Roger Clawson of | ||||||
4 | Moline on receiving the Alumni Achievement Award from Western | ||||||
5 | Illinois University; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Roger Clawson is a 1977 graduate of Western | ||||||
7 | Illinois University; he has been a local State Farm Insurance | ||||||
8 | agent since 1982 and prior to that, had a successful 5-year | ||||||
9 | stint with David Weiner and Associates real estate firm; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Roger Clawson has been a member of the Moline | ||||||
11 | Little League Board for 21 years, and has been on the Moline | ||||||
12 | Park Board since 2000, serving as President for 10 years; he | ||||||
13 | helped oversee renovations of Greenvalley Park, which resulted | ||||||
14 | in Moline hosting 5 national Amateur Softball Association of | ||||||
15 | America girls softball tournaments, resulting in millions of | ||||||
16 | tourism dollars for the Quad Cities; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Roger Clawson was appointed by Governor Quinn to | ||||||
18 | the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees in 2013 and | ||||||
19 | has served as a member of the Western Illinois University | ||||||
20 | Alumni Council since 2001, including a term as President from | ||||||
21 | 2010-2012; he founded the council's Alumni Legacy Program; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Roger Clawson also served on Senator Mike Jacob's | ||||||
2 | Blue Ribbon Committee that was instrumental in the development | ||||||
3 | of the Western Illinois University-Quad Cites Riverfront | ||||||
4 | Campus; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Roger Clawson and many other Western Illinois | ||||||
6 | University graduates come to find a natural pull to settle in | ||||||
7 | the Quad Cities area after their time on the Macomb campus; | ||||||
8 | therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we congratulate Roger Clawson on receiving the Alumni | ||||||
12 | Achievement Award from Western Illinois University and wish him | ||||||
13 | the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to Roger Clawson as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
16 | respect.
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