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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Mr. J. Michael
4 Callahan on the occasion of the dedication of the J. Michael
5 Callahan Southeast Wastewater Treatment Facility; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Callahan graduated from Bloomington High
7 School 1966, where he was a member of the National Honor
8 Society and enjoyed playing Raider football; he attended
9 Illinois State University from 1966 to 1967 and then served in
10 the U.S. Air Force from 1967 to 1971, when he was honorably
11 discharged with the rank of staff sergeant; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He received a B.S. in biological sciences and
13 environmental health with a chemistry minor from Illinois State
14 University in 1975; he earned an M.A. in biological sciences
15 with an emphasis on ecosystem nutrient cycling in 1977; he also
16 did doctoral studies in biological sciences at Illinois State
17 University; and
 
18     WHEREAS, From 1988 until July 28, 2006, Mr. Callahan served
19 as the Executive Director for the Bloomington-Normal Water
20 Reclamation District; prior to that, he served as Assistant
21 Director, Director of Operations, and Chemist for the
22 Bloomington-Normal Sanitary District; and
 
23     WHEREAS, He served as Illinois Section Chairman and State
24 Association Trustee for the Central States Water Environment
25 Association (CSWEA) and was awarded the organization's
26 Hatfield Award for significant personal contribution to the
27 profession; he has served as President through ascending chairs
28 of the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control
29 Operators and the Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies
30 (IAWA)and has also served as chairman of several IAWA
31 committees; he was awarded the Outstanding IAWA Member Award

 

 

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1 and the IAWA Illinois Award for significant personal
2 contribution to the profession within the State; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Because of the dedication to the project and the
4 hard work he has put in for the construction and completion of
5 the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Facility, the building will
6 be named the J. Michael Callahan Southeast Wastewater Treatment
7 Facility and will be officially dedicated on Wednesday, October
8 11, 2006; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11 we congratulate Mr. J. Michael Callahan on the occasion of the
12 dedication of the J. Michael Callahan Southeast Wastewater
13 Treatment Facility; and be it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Mr. Callahan as an expression of our esteem.