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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois wish to congratulate Dr. Gene E. Robinson for |
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| being selected as a new member of the National Academy of |
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| Sciences; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Robinson received a Bachelor of Science in |
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| Life Sciences from Cornell University in 1977, a Master of |
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| Science in Entomology from Cornell University in 1982, and a |
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| Ph.D. in Entomology from Cornell University in 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Robinson has been a Professor at the |
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| University of Illinois since 1989; he is the Principal |
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| Investigator as the G. William Arends Professor of Integrated |
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| Biology, a Professor in the Entomology Department, the Director |
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| of the Neuroscience Program, a Professor in the Department of |
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| Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, a Professor in |
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| the Institute of Genomic Biology, a Professor in the Department |
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| of Political Science, and he does research for the Beckman |
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| Institute; his research at the University of Illinois is on the |
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| mechanisms of behavior in social insects, primarily honey bees; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The National Academy of Sciences is a private |
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| organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the |
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| furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare; the |
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| Academy was established in 1863 by a congressional act of |
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| incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the |
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| Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal |
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| government, upon request, in any matter of science or |
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| technology; and
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| WHEREAS, On May 3, 2005, the National Academy of Sciences |
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| elected Dr. Robinson as one of 72 new members to the Academy in |
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| recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements |