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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Illinois College alumnus Dalitso Sulamoyo, Class
3 of 1996, was honored as an Associated Colleges of Illinois
4 (ACI) 2007 Alumni Shining Example during ACI's 55th Annual
5 Meeting on April 12, 2007; and
 
6     WHEREAS, In keeping with the meeting's theme, Success
7 Stories: 55 Years of Educational Opportunity, this year's ACI
8 Alumni Shining Examples were selected because they demonstrate
9 that Illinois' private liberal arts colleges provide men and
10 women with the academic, professional, and personal skills to
11 write their own success stories; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Dalitso Sulamoyo immigrated to the United States
13 from Malawi as a teenager; today he works for the Illinois
14 Community Action Association, where he serves as President and
15 CEO; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Dalitso Sulamoyo was attending a community
17 college when he began looking for a college with small class
18 sizes, personal attention from faculty, and a strong political
19 science department; he found all three at Illinois College and
20 transferred there as a sophomore; he was active in Model United
21 Nations and student government and also co-founded the school's
22 pre-law fraternity; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Dalitso Sulamoyo received his award and now
2 continues his work; he is traveling to Malawi with his family
3 later this year to help the land of his birth; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
6 congratulate Dalitso Sulamoyo on receiving this award; and be
7 it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Dalitso Sulamoyo as a symbol of our respect.