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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois wish to congratulate Dr. Gene E. Robinson for
4 being selected as a new member of the National Academy of
5 Sciences; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Dr. Robinson received a Bachelor of Science in
7 Life Sciences from Cornell University in 1977, a Master of
8 Science in Entomology from Cornell University in 1982, and a
9 Ph.D. in Entomology from Cornell University in 1986; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Dr. Robinson has been a Professor at the
11 University of Illinois since 1989; he is the Principal
12 Investigator as the G. William Arends Professor of Integrated
13 Biology, a Professor in the Entomology Department, the Director
14 of the Neuroscience Program, a Professor in the Department of
15 Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, a Professor in
16 the Institute of Genomic Biology, a Professor in the Department
17 of Political Science, and he does research for the Beckman
18 Institute; his research at the University of Illinois is on the
19 mechanisms of behavior in social insects, primarily honey bees;
20 and
 
21     WHEREAS, The National Academy of Sciences is a private
22 organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the
23 furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare; the
24 Academy was established in 1863 by a congressional act of
25 incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the
26 Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal
27 government, upon request, in any matter of science or
28 technology; and
 
29     WHEREAS, On May 3, 2005, the National Academy of Sciences
30 elected Dr. Robinson as one of 72 new members to the Academy in
31 recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements

 

 

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1 in original research; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate Dr. Gene E. Robinson for being selected as a
5 new member of the National Academy of Sciences; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Dr. Gene E. Robinson as a token of our respect and
9 esteem and with our best wishes for future success.