Bill Text: IL HR1379 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Donald E. Meyer on the occasion of his retirement as the University of Illinois McLean County Extension Director.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR1379 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1379-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Donald E. Meyer on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement as the University of Illinois McLean | ||||||
5 | County Extension Director on August 15, 2010; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Donald Meyer earned his bachelor's degree in | ||||||
7 | agricultural education from Illinois State University and his | ||||||
8 | master's degree in education from the University of Illinois; | ||||||
9 | he also served as an agriculture instructor at Lexington High | ||||||
10 | School; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Donald Meyer began his career with the McLean | ||||||
12 | County office as an agriculture educator on August 21, 1983; In | ||||||
13 | 1990, he moved to the role of manager, where he oversaw all of | ||||||
14 | the unit's programs; at this time, he also continued to teach | ||||||
15 | workshops in agricultural awareness, horticulture, agriculture | ||||||
16 | economics, and pest management; he has taught credit courses at | ||||||
17 | Illinois State University for 13 semesters over the past 14 | ||||||
18 | years, with courses in agronomy, turf, landscape management, | ||||||
19 | agriculture education, and introduction to horticulture; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Donald Meyer is a member of the Illinois Extension | ||||||
21 | Agriculture Association; he has been recognized for his work as | ||||||
22 | an Achievement Award winner in IEAA; he has received state |
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1 | awards in the IEAA program twice; he also presented a paper to | ||||||
2 | the National Association of County Agriculture Agents national | ||||||
3 | meeting in 1987; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Donald Meyer received the McLean County | ||||||
5 | Outstanding Service to Agriculture Award in 1990; he was | ||||||
6 | recognized for service to the ISU Agriculture Department in | ||||||
7 | 1992; he was also recognized by the University of Illinois | ||||||
8 | Extension, receiving the Award of Excellence for Sustained | ||||||
9 | Excellence in Extension Programming in 2000; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | congratulate McLean County Extension Director Donald E. Meyer | ||||||
13 | on his retirement and wish him the best in the future; and be | ||||||
14 | it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | present to McLean County Extension Director Donald E. Meyer as | ||||||
17 | a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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