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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Nanette Mellen on
4 the occasion of her retirement after 25 years of dedicated
5 service with Danville School District 118; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen was born and raised in Danville;
7 she graduated from Danville High School with the Class of 1970;
8 she earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University in
9 1974, her master's degree in education from the University of
10 Illinois in 1988, and her specialist degree in educational
11 administration from Eastern Illinois University in 2003; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen has had a long and distinguished
13 career in education; starting in 1974, she taught in Danville
14 District 118 schools for 12 years, teaching second grade, fifth
15 grade, middle school, and high school physical education and
16 health classes at the Liberty, Roselawn, and Lincoln Elementary
17 Schools, North Ridge Middle School, and Danville High School;
18 she has also served as a track coach, assistant basketball
19 coach, cheerleading sponsor, and spelling team coach at the
20 elementary level; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen served as athletic director at
22 Danville High School from 1985 to 1989; she served as assistant

 

 

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1 principal at DHS from 1989 to 1991; she served as director of
2 strategic planning and information from 1991 to 1992; from 1992
3 until 1993, she served as principal at Edison Elementary
4 School; she served as director of human resources from 1993 to
5 1996; she served as principal at DHS from 1996 until 2001; she
6 then served as an assistant/associate superintendent of
7 schools from 2001 until 2004, when she became the
8 superintendent of Danville School District 118; she remained
9 superintendent of the district until her retirement on June 30,
10 2009; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Nanette Mellen serves as a model of hard work,
12 integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
13 Illinois; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16 congratulate Nanette Mellen on the occasion of her retirement
17 and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and
18 be it further
 
19     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to Nanette Mellen as a symbol of our esteem and
21 respect.