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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Marilyn Kay Johnson of Macomb is retiring from her
3 position as Executive Secretary to the President/Secretary to
4 the Board of Trustees at Western Illinois University in Macomb
5 after nearly 40 years of service; and
 
6     WHEREAS, She was born on May 27, 1946, in Rushville; she
7 graduated from V.I.T. High School in Table Grove in 1964 and
8 received a 2-Year Executive Secretary diploma from Midstate
9 College of Commerce in Peoria in 1965; she married W. Garry
10 Johnson on June 25, 1989; and
 
11     WHEREAS, In her current position as Executive Secretary,
12 under supervision from the President and the Trustees, Mrs.
13 Johnson is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance
14 of the President's and Trustees' office, which requires the
15 development, initiation, delegation, and coordination of work
16 flow, assignments, and production; she makes decisions which
17 represent the University, the President, and the Board on
18 matters of importance and sensitivity to the institution; she
19 works directly with the President and the Trustees, campus
20 constituency groups, and community, regional, State, and other
21 contacts to promote the objectives of the President and his
22 office; and she deals with a complexity of campus operation
23 concerns and as related to the University, community, regional,
24 State, national, and International concerns; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Prior to working in her current position, she
26 worked as a Clerk Stenographer and Personnel Assistant at
27 Western, beginning in 1965; and
 
28     WHEREAS, She is active in both her community and in
29 professional organizations and serves on the McDonough County
30 708 Board of Directors, the Western Athletic Club Board of
31 Directors, and is a member of the WIU University Women's Club,

 

 

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1 the Women of Western; she has been actively involved in
2 countless other boards and committees; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Mrs. Johnson was the 1992
4 recipient of the Performing Arts Society's Ruth Watts Award;
5 she also received Western Illinois University's Outstanding
6 Community Service Award in April of 1992 and was named one of
7 WIU's Women of Western during the Centennial Celebration in
8 1999; and
 
9     WHEREAS, She especially enjoys being with family and
10 friends, water and sun activities, travel, reading, and
11 writing; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14 we congratulate Marilyn Kay Johnson on the occasion of her
15 retirement, and we wish her well in all of her future
16 endeavors; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem and
19 with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.