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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ed Hightower on the |
| 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Edwardsville |
| 5 | | Community Unit School District 7; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower joined District 7 in 1996, and during |
| 7 | | his tenure, the district has grown from 5,000 students to over |
| 8 | | 7,000 and has developed into one of the top school districts in |
| 9 | | the State of Illinois, academically, athletically, and in the |
| 10 | | performing arts; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower has received numerous awards, |
| 12 | | including the Illinois Distinguished Principals Award in 1989, |
| 13 | | the Who's Who of American Educators in 1992, the Illinois |
| 14 | | Principal of the Year Award in 1993, the National Distinguished |
| 15 | | Principals Award in 1993, the Elijah P. Lovejoy Human Rights |
| 16 | | Award in 1990, the Illinois Jaycees 10 Outstanding Young |
| 17 | | Persons Award in 1990, and the Trails West Distinguished |
| 18 | | Citizen of the Year award in 2007; he was named to the Southern |
| 19 | | Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012; |
| 20 | | and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower has been a Division I basketball |
| 22 | | referee for 36 years; he has officiated in 12 NCAA Final Four |
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| 1 | | tournaments, represented the United States at the 1990 World |
| 2 | | Championship of Basketball held in South America, been selected |
| 3 | | as the "Neutral" basketball official for the European |
| 4 | | Basketball Championship held in Munich, Germany in 1993, |
| 5 | | represented the United States at the Goodwill Games held in St. |
| 6 | | Petersburg, Russia in 1994, and represented the United States |
| 7 | | at the Goodwill Games in New York in 1998; he was inducted into |
| 8 | | the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2014, named one of the top |
| 9 | | 100 St. Louis area athletes of the century in 1999, inducted |
| 10 | | into the Illinois Basketball Association Coaches Hall of Fame |
| 11 | | in 1998, named National Association of Sports Officials Gold |
| 12 | | Whistle Award winner in 1995, awarded the Missouri Athletic |
| 13 | | Club Carol O. Bauer Award in 1994, and named the Naismith |
| 14 | | College Official of the Year in 1992; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower is a current Trustee on the Lewis and |
| 16 | | Clark Community College Board of Trustees with over 20 years of |
| 17 | | service; he served on the Southern Illinois University Board of |
| 18 | | Trustees for 12 years, facilitating SIUE's becoming a NCAA |
| 19 | | Division I sports program; he was also on the St. Anthony |
| 20 | | Hospital Board for 18 years; he is a member of the Edwardsville |
| 21 | | Rotary Club; and
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| 22 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower has a bachelor's degree, master's |
| 23 | | degree, and specialist degree from Southern Illinois |
| 24 | | University Edwardsville; he has a doctorate in education |
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| 1 | | administration from St. Louis University; therefore, be it
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 4 | | congratulate Ed Hightower on his retirement as Superintendent |
| 5 | | of Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 and we wish |
| 6 | | him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 8 | | presented to Ed Hightower as an expression of our esteem and |
| 9 | | respect.
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