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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson Armour will retire as Superintendent of
3 Schools, Fairview School District 72 in Skokie, at the
4 completion of the 2004-2005 school year; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dr. Armour received his B.A. with honors in
6 American Intellectual History and English from the University
7 of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ed.D. in Educational Psychology
8 from Loyola University of Chicago; he also attended Harvard
9 Graduate School of Education; and
 
10     WHEREAS, His experience in education has spanned 36 years,
11 from 1968 to 2005 (except for one full year of international
12 travel); he has been a Teacher, a Coordinator/Teacher, an
13 Instructor at NIU's College of Education, an Assistant
14 Principal, a Principal, and a Superintendent; and
 
15     WHEREAS, From 1996 to 2005, during his tenure as
16 Superintendent, Dr. Armour worked with the School Board and
17 community to complete Fairview's most significant facility
18 program since 1951 and to resolve Fairview's long-standing
19 financial crisis; he provided leadership to negotiate a 12-year
20 historic teachers' contract and worked with the School Board
21 and union to move beyond a previous strike and labor conflict;
22 he provided leadership in curriculum and program reviews and
23 improvements in all major areas; he also led the development of
24 a long-range educational Strategic Plan for Fairview, set high
25 standards for the employment, retention, and granting of tenure
26 of teachers, provided leadership for community and District
27 crises, and taught as an adjunct faculty member for DePaul
28 University since 1999; and
 
 
29     WHEREAS, Dr. Armour is married to Joan K. Weaver, and they
30 have two children, Molly and Alexander; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we congratulate Dr. Nelson Armour on his retirement, thank him
4 for his many years of service and outstanding leadership in
5 public education, and wish him well in his future endeavors;
6 and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Dr. Armour as an expression of our admiration and
9 esteem.