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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representative are pleased to congratulate Michael J. | ||||||
4 | Vinciguerra Ph.D. on the occasion of his retirement as | ||||||
5 | president of the University of St. Francis; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra became the 8th president of | ||||||
7 | the University of St. Francis on October 4, 2002; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Michael Vinciguerra, the | ||||||
9 | university developed a plan that gave focus and direction in | ||||||
10 | defining the University of St. Francis as a Catholic university | ||||||
11 | in the Franciscan tradition and Joliet's urban university with | ||||||
12 | a national presence; he led the campus and trustees to adopt a | ||||||
13 | 15-year plan that acquired new properties and saw major | ||||||
14 | renovations in Marian Hall and the Motherhouse; in May 2012, | ||||||
15 | the largest capital campaign in university history, Continuing | ||||||
16 | the Tradition, Living Our Mission, was successfully completed; | ||||||
17 | and
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18 | WHEREAS, During the tenure of Michael Vinciguerra, the | ||||||
19 | University of St. Francis established a Health and Wellness | ||||||
20 | Center in Joliet, a physician assistant program in New Mexico | ||||||
21 | to serve the rural poor, and a visual arts program in locations | ||||||
22 | where students may interact with children in community centers; |
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1 | during his tenure, the first doctoral programs were introduced | ||||||
2 | in Nurse Practitioner and Educational Leadership; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra has served on numerous | ||||||
4 | community and higher education boards such as Presence St. | ||||||
5 | Joseph Medical Center's board of directors, presently the | ||||||
6 | vice-chair, the Will County CED, Will County Community | ||||||
7 | Foundation, Joliet Area Historical Museum, and The Upper Room | ||||||
8 | Crisis Hotline; he is a past chair of the South Metropolitan | ||||||
9 | Higher Education Consortium and has served on the executive | ||||||
10 | board of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and | ||||||
11 | Universities; in December 2012, he joined the board of | ||||||
12 | directors at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra was inducted into the | ||||||
14 | Joliet-Will County Project Pride's Hall of Pride in 2011, which | ||||||
15 | recognizes those who contributed to making Joliet a better | ||||||
16 | place to live and on November 5, 2012, he received the Lifetime | ||||||
17 | Achievement Award from the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce; | ||||||
18 | on May 19, 2013, he will be awarded an honorary doctorate from | ||||||
19 | Lewis University; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, Michael Vinciguerra was born and raised in Bronx, | ||||||
21 | New York; he earned his bachelors of science degree in | ||||||
22 | chemistry from Iona College and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry | ||||||
23 | from Adelphi University; he completed a program in higher |
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1 | education senior administration from the Institute of | ||||||
2 | Educational Management at Harvard University; he and his wife | ||||||
3 | of 42 years, Grace, have one son; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
6 | we congratulate Michael J. Vinciguerra on the occasion of his | ||||||
7 | retirement as president of the University of St. Francis, thank | ||||||
8 | him for his service to higher education, and wish him all the | ||||||
9 | best in his future endeavours; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to Michael Vinciguerra as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
12 | and respect.
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