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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The  members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are proud  to congratulate Darrell McGibany of 
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Alton on his retirement from the Madison County Probation 
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Department in December of 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McGibany has spent his lifetime helping 
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children of all walks of life, fortunate and unfortunate; he 
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spent his entire career in Madison County, starting as a 
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probation officer in 1974, promoted to Superintendent of 
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Detention in 1978, then promoted again to Associate Director of 
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Probation and Court Services in 1988; he served as Director of 
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Probation and Court Services from 1996 until his retirement; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McGibany received his Bachelor of Arts degree 
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in Government in 1968 from Centenary College in Shreveport, 
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Louisiana and his Master of Arts degree in Government from 
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Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois in 1972; he 
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received an additional Master of Arts degree in Criminal 
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Justice from Sangamon State University in Springfield, 
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Illinois in 1982; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The professional career of Mr. McGibany has  been 
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distinguished  by  his exceptional efforts to modernize court 
 


 






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services and probation, developing and promoting programs that 
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are the model for probation departments, not only in Illinois 
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but across the country; these efforts include pretrial 
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services, victim services, school-based probation, public 
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service employment, enhanced detention services, drug court, 
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mental health court, truancy court, community corrections, 
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offender intake and assessment, satellite offices, intensive 
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probation and treatment for sex offenders and domestic violence 
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offenders, and evidence-based practices; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McGibany has received numerous letters of 
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commendation,  awards, and recognition for his tireless 
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efforts, including the William C. Albertson Award in 1984, the 
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S. William Ettinger Award in 1992, and the Gene Hughes Award in 
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2000, all from the Illinois Probation and Court Services 
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Association for his contributions to the probation profession 
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throughout his career; he also received the greatest 
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recognition of all, being universally acclaimed as a "Probation 
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Officer's Probation Officer"; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Despite the time commitments necessary to 
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successfully administer the probation and court services 
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department in Madison County, Mr. McGibany has provided his 
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expertise to the probation community on a state-wide and 
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national basis, serving as President of the Illinois Probation 
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and Court Services Association from 1988 to 1990, serving on 
 


 






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the Board of Directors of the American Probation and Parole 
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Association from 1999 to 2007, and serving as a Commissioner on 
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the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission from 1994 to the 
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present; and

 
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    WHEREAS,   Mr. McGibany was equally devoted to his co-workers 
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as he was to his clients, mentoring young probation officers 
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and teaching them from the heart, not just the rule book; he 
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was well known for placing the needs of "his" juveniles and 
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"his" co-workers above his own, becoming a modern day version 
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of John Augustus, the father of probation, epitomizing Mr. 
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Augustus' self description, "My mission has been to raise the 
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fallen, reform the criminal and so far as my humble abilities 
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would allow, to transform the abode of suffering and misery to 
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the home of happiness"; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. McGibany provided to all he knew the greatest 
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example of public service and personal service, as shown by his 
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devotion to his family, as a loving husband to his wife, Rita, 
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as a loving father to Ted, Lisa, Kate, and Matt, and as the 
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special grandfather to his four grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate  Darrell McGibany on his retirement from the 
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Madison County Probation and Courts Services Department and 
 


 






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wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Darrell McGibany as an expression of our esteem, 
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and that additional copies be presented to the Circuit Court of 
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Madison County and the Probation and Court Services Department 
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of Madison County, in recognition of Mr. McGibany's 
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distinguished career.