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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois whish to congratulate Lake Land College on
4 the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its founding; and
 
5     WHEREAS, On September 24, 1996, voters in 13 school
6 districts voted to form a community college district in east
7 central Illinois; the 13 original districts consisted of Casey,
8 Charleston, Cowden/Herrick, Cumberland, Kansas, Mattoon,
9 Neoga, Oakland, Shelbyville, Stewardson-Strasburg, Tower Hill,
10 Westfield, and Windsor; over the years, due to the strong
11 reputation of the school, the districts of Martinsville,
12 Beecher City, Effingham, Teutopolis, Grove Elementary
13 (northern Newton), Sullivan, Dieterich, Altamont,
14 Farina-LaGrove, Bethany, Brownstown, Findlay, Marshall, North
15 Clay County, Paris Crestwood, Ramsey, Shiloh
16 (Hume/Brocton/Redmon), Arthur, Lovington, Pana, Paris Union
17 95, and the northeast corner of the Vandalia district, all
18 joined with Lake Land College; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Virgil H. Judge was named the first president of
20 Lake Land College on March 1, 1967; classes started on
21 September 6, 1967 in temporary facilities; the second
22 president, Doctor Robert D. Webb, assumed the position of
23 president on July 1, 1972 and during his tenure oversaw the
24 full recognition and accreditation by the North Central
25 Association of Colleges and Universities; Doctor David V.
26 Schultz took over as president on August 1, 1984 and oversaw
27 the college's transition from quarters to semesters; Doctor
28 Robert K. Luther became the fourth president on July 1, 1988
29 and guided the college to numerous achievements, including the
30 dedication of many new buildings, annexation of new districts,
31 and a milestone enrollment of over 10,000 at the end of Spring
32 2004; Doctor Bill J. Thallemer assumed the presidency of Lake
33 Land College on July 1, 2006; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The College district consists of 4,000 square
2 miles with an approximate population of 202,000; its 308-acre
3 campus has eight major buildings, seven support buildings, two
4 campus ponds, a 160-acre agriculture land laboratory, and a
5 30,000 volume Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center;
6 therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 we congratulate Lake Land College on the occasion of its 40th
10 anniversary and wish it continued success in the future; and be
11 it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to Lake Land College president, Bill J. Thallemer,
14 and the Lake Land College community.