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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Robert A. |
| 4 | | Easter on his retirement from the University of Illinois at |
| 5 | | Urbana-Champaign; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert A. Easter is Interim Vice President and |
| 7 | | Chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 8 | | and Professor of Animal Sciences and Nutritional Sciences; |
| 9 | | prior to this appointment Dr. Easter was Dean of the College of |
| 10 | | Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) from |
| 11 | | 2002-2009; he has also served as Head of the Department of |
| 12 | | Animal Sciences from 1996 to 2001, and has been on the Animal |
| 13 | | Sciences faculty since 1976; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Easter earned a Bachelor's degree in |
| 15 | | agricultural education in 1970 and a Master's degree in animal |
| 16 | | nutrition in 1972, both from Texas A&M University; he completed |
| 17 | | a doctorate in animal science at the University of Illinois in |
| 18 | | 1976 and immediately joined the Animal Science Department as an |
| 19 | | assistant professor of swine nutrition and management; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Easter was commissioned as a second lieutenant |
| 21 | | in the United States Army in 1972, and he completed 20 years of |
| 22 | | United States Army Reserve service in 1992 with the rank of |
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| 1 | | major; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS,
In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. |
| 3 | | Easter to the Board for International Food and Agricultural |
| 4 | | Development (BIFAD); in 2007, he was appointed chair of BIFAD; |
| 5 | | Dr. Easter is also a member of the American Society of Animal |
| 6 | | Science (ASAS), the British Society of Animal Science, the |
| 7 | | Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, and the |
| 8 | | Illinois Council for Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR); |
| 9 | | and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, His teaching has been recognized with numerous |
| 11 | | campus awards, as well as the ASAS Midwest Section Award; in |
| 12 | | addition, Dr. Easter received the ASAS American Feed Industry |
| 13 | | Association Award in Non-Ruminant Nutrition Research in 1992, |
| 14 | | and the University of Illinois College of ACES prestigious Paul |
| 15 | | A. Funk Award for contributions to Illinois agriculture in |
| 16 | | 1994; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, In his present role as Interim Vice President and |
| 18 | | Chancellor, Dr. Easter is the chief executive officer for the |
| 19 | | Urbana-Champaign campus; he is in charge of all financial |
| 20 | | programs, campus policies, and priorities with the goal of |
| 21 | | ensuring a memorable educational experience for America's next |
| 22 | | generation of leaders; the campus has a budget of $1.5 billion |
| 23 | | with more than $400 million in research expenditures; there are |
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| 1 | | 42,000 students and 3,000 faculty members; the university is |
| 2 | | renowned for its interdisciplinary collaborations, advances in |
| 3 | | human understanding, community outreach, global partnerships, |
| 4 | | and life-changing scientific developments; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Easter's current plans are to retire on August |
| 6 | | 15, 2011; therefore, be it
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| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 9 | | we congratulate Dr. Easter on his retirement and wish him |
| 10 | | continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it |
| 11 | | further
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 13 | | presented to Dr. Robert Easter as a symbol of our respect and |
| 14 | | esteem.
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