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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Galen R. Thomas
3 of Creal Springs was selected as the recipient of the Illinois
4 Association of School Social Workers' (IASSW) Lifetime
5 Achievement Award; the award is presented to one school social
6 worker in Illinois whose lifetime work in schools and
7 communities exemplifies social work of the highest quality; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas is the Regional Representative for
9 IASSW Region 16, which encompasses most of Southern Illinois;
10 he retired from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's
11 School of Social Work in 2004 after 19 years of service; and
 
12     WHEREAS, This award is also a tribute to Mr. Thomas'
13 leadership in IASSW and in multiple positions within the
14 organization; his dedication to the Association and to the
15 development of the profession has been life long; his
16 leadership has guided the organization through many difficult
17 times and has helped establish IASSW as the leading school
18 social work organization in existence; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He has given direction to the Board in tackling
20 such projects as meeting with the Illinois State Board of
21 Education to discuss many important school social work issues
22 and revising the School of Social Work Manual; not only did he
23 teach many school social workers their craft at Southern
24 Illinois University, he taught countless others how to assess
25 children's adaptive behavior in workshops; he was a
26 collaborative author on one of the major textbooks in the
27 field, contributing two chapters in Constable, McDonald, &
28 Flynn's (2002) "School Social Work: Practice, Policy, and
29 Research Practices"; and
 
30     WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science in
31 psychology from Iowa State University and a Masters of Social

 

 

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1 Work from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock; he served in
2 the United States Navy for two years and two months; he is
3 married to Donna, is father to Gail and Ryan, who is currently
4 serving overseas in the U.S. Army as a sergeant, and is
5 grandfather to Caitlin and Ryleigh; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8 we congratulate Galen R. Thomas on being the recipient of the
9 Illinois Association of School Social Workers' Lifetime
10 Achievement Award; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Mr. Thomas as an expression of our extreme respect
13 and esteem.