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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dr. Kenneth C. Hendriksen is retiring after 33
3 years in education; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Dr. Hendriksen holds a Ph.D. in educational
5 administration from Southern Illinois University at
6 Carbondale, a Specialist in Education degree from Eastern
7 Illinois University, and two Master of Science degrees, one in
8 administrative certification from Southern Illinois University
9 at Edwardsville and one in guidance and counseling from Western
10 Illinois University; he earned a B.A. in biology from Lewis
11 University and is a graduate of Weber High School in Chicago;
12 and
 
13     WHEREAS, He has served as the Superintendent of Schools of
14 Mt. Zion Community Unit School District #3 since 1985; the
15 district includes 2,450 students at five schools; prior to
16 serving as superintendent, he was principal of Mt. Zion High
17 School and Carrollton High School; he also worked as director
18 of guidance at Carrollton Community Unit School District #1;
19 and
 
20     WHEREAS, During his tenure at Mt. Zion, numerous
21 renovations, new buildings, and additions have been completed;
22 two referenda were passed; he managed an annual budget of $18
23 to $20 million; he initiated the Mt. Zion Foundation for
24 Quality Education; and achievement scores have placed the high
25 school in the top 50 three years straight; and
 
26     WHEREAS, He is a member of several professional
27 organizations, including the Illinois Association of School
28 Administrators (member of the board of directors), the American
29 Association of School Administrators (member and served on the
30 advisory board), Partners in Education (board member and
31 chairman), the Central Illinois Education Service Center #14

 

 

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1 (chairman), the Heartland Region Education for Employment
2 System (chairman), Macon-Platt Special Education (chairman),
3 and the Mt. Zion Foundation for Quality Education (founder and
4 member); he was an Educationis Lumen nominee at Lewis
5 University in 1987; and
 
6     WHEREAS, He has been active civically in the Mt. Zion Lions
7 Club (officer and board of directors), the American Legion
8 Baseball Post #475 (officer), the American Red Cross (regional
9 officer), and he served on the Macon County Regional Planning
10 Board (member); and
 
11     WHEREAS, Dr. Hendriksen is married to Kathy and is the
12 father of David, Rebecca, John, and Steven; therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15 we congratulate Dr. Kenneth C. Hendriksen on the occasion of
16 his retirement after 33 years in education, and we thank him
17 for the many years he has devoted to the education of children
18 of our State; and be it further
 
19     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to him as an expression of our esteem.