Full Text of HR0581 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ed Hightower on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of Edwardsville | 5 | | Community Unit School District 7; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower joined District 7 in 1996, and during | 7 | | his tenure, the district has grown from 5,000 students to over | 8 | | 7,000 and has developed into one of the top school districts in | 9 | | the State of Illinois, academically, athletically, and in the | 10 | | performing arts; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower has received numerous awards, | 12 | | including the Illinois Distinguished Principals Award in 1989, | 13 | | the Who's Who of American Educators in 1992, the Illinois | 14 | | Principal of the Year Award in 1993, the National Distinguished | 15 | | Principals Award in 1993, the Elijah P. Lovejoy Human Rights | 16 | | Award in 1990, the Illinois Jaycees 10 Outstanding Young | 17 | | Persons Award in 1990, and the Trails West Distinguished | 18 | | Citizen of the Year award in 2007; he was named to the Southern | 19 | | Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012; | 20 | | and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower has been a Division I basketball | 22 | | referee for 36 years; he has officiated in 12 NCAA Final Four |
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| 1 | | tournaments, represented the United States at the 1990 World | 2 | | Championship of Basketball held in South America, been selected | 3 | | as the "Neutral" basketball official for the European | 4 | | Basketball Championship held in Munich, Germany in 1993, | 5 | | represented the United States at the Goodwill Games held in St. | 6 | | Petersburg, Russia in 1994, and represented the United States | 7 | | at the Goodwill Games in New York in 1998; he was inducted into | 8 | | the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2014, named one of the top | 9 | | 100 St. Louis area athletes of the century in 1999, inducted | 10 | | into the Illinois Basketball Association Coaches Hall of Fame | 11 | | in 1998, named National Association of Sports Officials Gold | 12 | | Whistle Award winner in 1995, awarded the Missouri Athletic | 13 | | Club Carol O. Bauer Award in 1994, and named the Naismith | 14 | | College Official of the Year in 1992; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower is a current Trustee on the Lewis and | 16 | | Clark Community College Board of Trustees with over 20 years of | 17 | | service; he served on the Southern Illinois University Board of | 18 | | Trustees for 12 years, facilitating SIUE's becoming a NCAA | 19 | | Division I sports program; he was also on the St. Anthony | 20 | | Hospital Board for 18 years; he is a member of the Edwardsville | 21 | | Rotary Club; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Ed Hightower has a bachelor's degree, master's | 23 | | degree, and specialist degree from Southern Illinois | 24 | | University Edwardsville; he has a doctorate in education |
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| 1 | | administration from St. Louis University; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 | | congratulate Ed Hightower on his retirement as Superintendent | 5 | | of Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 and we wish | 6 | | him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Ed Hightower as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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