Full Text of HR1321 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members the Illinois House Representatives | 3 | | are pleased to
honor our friend and colleague, Illinois State | 4 | | Representative Jim Watson, for his many
years of dedicated | 5 | | service to the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson was born on July 30, 1965, in | 7 | | Jerseyville and raised
in Jacksonville, attending Routt | 8 | | Catholic High School; he is the son of Evelyn Suess; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson earned his bachelor's of arts and | 10 | | master's of arts
degree in history from Eastern Illinois | 11 | | University in 1988 and 1990; he also received his
master's of | 12 | | business administration from the University of Illinois, | 13 | | Champaign-Urbana in
1997; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson served his country with pride and | 15 | | distinction as a
member of the United States Marine Corps and | 16 | | the Marine Corps Reserves; he is a
veteran of both the First | 17 | | Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom; while in Iraq, he served | 18 | | as a Governance Chief and the Chief Liaison to the Anbar | 19 | | Provincial Council,
assisting the Iraqi people during their | 20 | | transition to a representative form of government;
in July | 21 | | 2010, he was awarded the National Medal of Civic Honor for his | 22 | | combined
service as a veteran and a lawmaker from the National |
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of State Legislators; of the 8,000 state legislators | 2 | | nationwide, there are only 62
recipients of the medal and Rep. | 3 | | Watson is the only legislator from Illinois to receive the
| 4 | | award; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson, while earning his degrees, worked | 6 | | as a graduate
assistant at Eastern Illinois University and as a | 7 | | social studies teacher at Auburn and
Highland high schools; | 8 | | after graduating, he went on to become the VP of Marketing at
| 9 | | Wareco and was an adjunct professor of strategic management at | 10 | | MacMurray and
Blackburn Colleges; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson served as State representative of | 12 | | the 97th District from
2001 to 2011; during his tenure in the | 13 | | House, he served as assistant Republican
leader for two years; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson is a member of numerous veterans | 16 | | and civic
organizations, including the Marine Corps League, the | 17 | | Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Shriners,
the Sons of the | 18 | | American Legion, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the United Way, | 19 | | Rotary
International, the Elks, the Chamber of Commerce, and | 20 | | the Knights of Columbus; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jim Watson and his loving wife, Lisa, reside | 22 | | in Jacksonville with their children, Katie, Jacob, and Lexi; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it | 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we honor Illinois State Representative Jim Watson on his time | 5 | | in the General Assembly, his dedication to the people of his | 6 | | district, and his service to the people of the State of | 7 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Representative Jim Watson.
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