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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, A local human service agency director's more than
3 30 years of accomplishments in Danville and Chicago were
4 recognized when Thom Pollock, executive director of Crosspoint
5 Human Services, received the Don Burke Award for Administrative
6 Excellence; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The award, named for Don Burke, Crosspoint's
8 executive director from 1985 to 1991, was given by the Illinois
9 Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF); and
 
10     WHEREAS, The IARF is the trade association for community
11 rehabilitation agencies in Illinois; its members serve people
12 with physical, mental, behavioral, developmental, and other
13 disabilities; and
 
14     WHEREAS, In giving the award, IARF also acknowledged Mr.
15 Pollock's management innovations; in the late 1970s, he was one
16 of the first human service agency heads to complete a master's
17 degree in business administration; he was also an early
18 proponent of capital budgeting for non-profit agencies; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Crosspoint's Ombudsman Program, another Pollock
20 innovation, also has received statewide recognition;
21 therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we congratulate Thom Pollock on receiving the Don Burke Award
25 for Administrative Excellence and wish him the best in his
26 future endeavors; and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to Thom Pollock as an expression of our esteem.