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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Assistant to the President Richard H. Dammers is |
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| retiring after 34 years of distinguished service to Illinois |
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| State University; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his A.B. degree in English from Holy |
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| Cross College in 1965; his M.A. degree in English from the |
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| University of Virginia in 1966; and his Ph.D. in English from |
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| the University of Notre Dame in 1971; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Dammers came to Illinois State University in |
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| 1971 as an Assistant Professor of English; he was promoted to |
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| Associate Professor in 1976 and to Professor in 1983; from 1987 |
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| to 1994, he served as Coordinator of Student Academic Affairs |
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| in the College of Arts and Sciences and, from 1994 to 2000, he |
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| served as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences; |
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| he was named Assistant to the President in 2000 and has worked |
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| with President Victor Boschini and President Al Bowman; and
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| WHEREAS, He has published a book on Richard Steele and has |
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| written and presented numerous articles and papers; among |
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| honors he has received are a Teacher Appreciation Award from |
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| Sigma Tau Delta, the Distinguished Service Award for |
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| Administrative Professionals, and the Esprit de Corps Award for |
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| Administrative Professionals; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of the American Society for |
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| Eighteenth Century Studies and the National Association of |
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| Presidential Assistants in Higher Education (NAPAHE) and |
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| serves on the Board of Directors of NAPAHE; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we thank Richard H. Dammers for his long record of exemplary |
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| service to Illinois State University in teaching, research, and |