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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Lake Land College on the

4occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lake Land College was approved by voters in
13 
6public school districts in 1966; one year later, classes 
7officially
began in various short-term buildings; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, On March 11, 1971, the ribbon cutting ceremony for

9the permanent campus was held; two years later, on
March 30, 
101973, Lake Land College was granted full accreditation
status; 
11and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Virgil H. Judge was named the first President of

13Lake Land College on March 1, 1967; classes started on 
14September
6, 1967 in temporary facilities; the second 
15President, Dr. Robert D. Webb, assumed the office on July 1,

161972, and during his tenure, he oversaw the full recognition 
17and
accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges 
18and
Universities; Dr. David V. Schultz took over as President 
19on
August 1, 1984 and oversaw the college's transition from

20quarters to semesters; Dr. Robert K. Luther became the fourth

21President on July 1, 1988 and guided the college to numerous

22achievements, including the dedication of many new buildings,

 
 
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1the annexation of new districts, and a milestone enrollment of 
2over
10,000 at the end of Spring 2004; Dr. Bill J. Thallemer

3became the fifth President of Lake Land College
on July 1, 
42006; Scott Lensink who was Vice-President of
Academic Services 
5took over as the sixth President; finally, Dr.
Josh Bullock 
6became the seventh and current President of
Lake Land College; 
7and
  
 
  
8    WHEREAS, Lake Land College consists of 308 acres of land,

9seven major buildings, eight supporting buildings, 160 acres
of 
10agricultural land, two campus ponds, and five athletic teams; 
11it serves over 7,000 students; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

14congratulate Lake Land College on its 50th
anniversary, and we 
15wish it continued success in the future; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be

17presented to Lake Land College President, Dr. Josh Bullock, and

18the Lake Land College community.