HR0372 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Rae Rupp Srch is retiring as Village President of Villa Park upon the completion of her third term; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Srch's most recent community service activities have included, among others, chairman, DuComm Board of Directors; Board of Overseers, Rice Campus, Illinois Institute of Technology; vice-chairman, Council of Mayors, Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS); chairman, CATS Regional Transportation Program Committee; and treasurer of the National Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) representing CATS; and

WHEREAS, She previously taught various software programs at Aurora Community College in Adult education, District 88 Adult Education classes on Starting a Small Business, State and Division PTA seminars on Parliamentary Procedures, leadership training to the State Kiwanis Organization, and she was a St. John's, Villa Park CCD Teacher for the first grade; and

WHEREAS, She has a bachelor's degree from National Lewis University, a Library Technical associate degree from the College of DuPage, an associates art degree from Chicago Junior College, and has taken additional courses/seminars in collective bargaining, leadership skills and training, cultural diversity, and religious education; and

WHEREAS, Her past community involvements have included serving as Kiwanis Governor, Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Kiwanis; president, DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference; District 45 School Board member and president, and serving on Villa Park's Planning and Zoning Commission, its Blue Ribbon Comprehensive Plan Commission, and as a library board member and trustee; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate President Rae Rupp Srch on her retirement and thank her for her many years of service to the Village of Villa Park; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to President Rae Rupp Srch as an expression of our esteem.