HR0806 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate University of Chicago professor Roger Myerson on the occasion of winning the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on mechanism design theory; and

WHEREAS, Roger Myerson was born on March 29, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts; he earned his doctorate in mathematics from Harvard University in 1976; after graduation, he took an assistant professor job at Northwestern University, becoming full professor in 1982; he taught and researched at Northwestern until 2001, when he joined the University of Chicago; he also served as a visiting professor of economics at the University of Chicago from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 2001; and

WHEREAS, Roger Myerson received his Nobel Prize for his work on "mechanism design theory", an offshoot of "game theory" that examines how people interact to create private profit or, in politics, social progress; he is also the author of the "revenue equivalence theorem," which maps the connections between parties to transactions so that they are more likely to reveal the parameters of their interests accurately; his work has been extensively quoted by numerous eminent theorists and has been applied to numerous studies of the nature of democracy and voting tendencies in Iraq and other nations; and

WHEREAS, Roger Myerson and his wife Regina have lived in Wilmette for 24 years; their daughter Rebecca is a Fulbright scholar studying social psychology in Beijing, and their son Daniel is a first-year law student; and

WHEREAS, Roger Myerson has honored the citizens of Illinois' 18th District by generously sharing his time and considerable knowledge with his neighbors through community events and speaking engagements; and

WHEREAS, Roger Myerson's contributions to the field of economic and political analysis has been to the great benefit of the staff and students of the University of Chicago, the citizens of the United States, and the world at large; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Roger Myerson on the occasion of winning the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics and wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Roger Myerson as a symbol of our esteem and respect.