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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Jacob "Jake" Rendleman has dedicated more than | ||||||
| 3 | four decades of public service to the people and concerns of | ||||||
| 4 | southern Illinois in his varied roles as teacher, business | ||||||
| 5 | owner, community leader, college board member, and family | ||||||
| 6 | farmer; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Jacob Rendleman's most defining accomplishments | ||||||
| 8 | have grown from his passion for and commitment to public | ||||||
| 9 | education in Illinois; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, A graduate of Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | University-Carbondale, Jacob Rendleman earned both a | ||||||
| 12 | bachelor's degree in Agriculture and a master's degree in | ||||||
| 13 | Health Education, which contributed to his lifelong passion | ||||||
| 14 | for agricultural education; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Jacob Rendleman is a charter member of Beta Alpha | ||||||
| 16 | of Alpha Gamma Rho, the professional-social, agriculture | ||||||
| 17 | fraternity; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Jacob Rendleman, a lifelong resident of southern | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois, was first elected to the John A. Logan College Board | ||||||
| 20 | of Trustees in 1996 and served as board chair from 2001 to 2003 | ||||||
| 21 | and 2013 to 2015; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In addition to the JALC Board of Trustees, Jacob | ||||||
| 2 | Rendleman has been active with the John A. Logan College | ||||||
| 3 | Foundation, serving as president from 1991 to 1994; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, At the state level, Jacob Rendleman was elected | ||||||
| 5 | by his peers to serve as President of the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 6 | College Trustees Association from 2003 to 2004; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Jacob Rendleman was appointed to serve as the | ||||||
| 8 | first trustee representative to the Illinois Community College | ||||||
| 9 | Board in 2006; he subsequently earned bipartisan | ||||||
| 10 | re-appointment by three different Illinois Governors until | ||||||
| 11 | 2018; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, In the summer of 2020, the John A. Logan College | ||||||
| 13 | Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name the agriculture | ||||||
| 14 | facility on its Carterville campus as the Jacob "Jake" | ||||||
| 15 | Rendleman Laboratory in honor of his initiative and advocacy | ||||||
| 16 | to create a college agriculture program; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Jacob Rendleman has been recognized by numerous | ||||||
| 18 | other organizations for his support of public education; | ||||||
| 19 | notably, he has received the ICCTA Meritorious Service Award, | ||||||
| 20 | the ICCTA Ray Hartstein Trustee Achievement Award, and the SIU | ||||||
| 21 | College of Agriculture Science Alumni Achievement Award; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jacob Rendleman, his wife of 58 years, Carolyn, | ||||||
| 2 | and his two daughters, Amy Schwendemann and Susan Dennison, | ||||||
| 3 | have all served as public school teachers and educators; | ||||||
| 4 | therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 6 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 7 | we commend Jacob "Jake" Rendleman for his many years of | ||||||
| 8 | selfless public service to the people and public education | ||||||
| 9 | systems of Illinois; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Jacob Rendleman as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 12 | esteem.
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