HR0507 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Joe Kanosky on the occasion of his retirement as President and CEO of Highland Community College; and

WHEREAS, From 1971 to 1973, Joe Kanosky worked in road construction and dabbled in the insurance industry; from 1973 to 1978, he was a high school English teacher and football and track coach in the Galesburg area; and

WHEREAS, Joe Kanosky earned his bachelor's degree in English from Western Illinois University in 1971; from 1978 to 1981, he was a full time graduate student at Illinois State University in Normal, where he earned both his MSEd. and Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Foundations; and

WHEREAS, During his tenure at Illinois State University, Joe Kanosky served as graduate research assistant for Alan Hickrod and Ben Hubbard in the areas of school finance and the politics of education; during his graduate study years, he spent the summer of 1980 at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey as a graduate research fellow in education politics; he presented his research results at the spring 1981 AERA Conference in Los Angeles, California; and

WHEREAS, In the fall of 1981, Joe Kanosky went to Highland Community College, where he has held a variety of positions in the areas of student services, instructional program administration, community service, and economic development; he has been a Director, an Associate Dean, and a Dean; he served as Vice President for Student and Community Services from 2000 to 2003 and Vice President for Institutional and Community Development from 2003 until November of 2005, when he was named acting President; he was then selected as Highland's seventh President in June of 2006; and

WHEREAS, Joe Kanosky served on the Freeport School Board for almost 8 years, with 2 of those years as board president; while on the school board, he served as a member of the school district's Equity Steering Committee and continues as a member of the Key Communicators Committee; he holds a position on 2 Workforce Investment Boards which serve northern Illinois and is a member of the board of the Tri-County Economic Development Alliance; he also serves on the boards of the Boys and Girls Club and State Bank of Freeport and is a member of the Freeport Noon Rotary; he was previously on the board of directors of the Freeport Area Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Illinois Development Alliance; and

WHEREAS, Joe Kanosky is a member of the Illinois Council of Community College Presidents and has shared his expertise on leadership and core values at the Illinois Council of Community College Administrators conference on several occasions; and

WHEREAS, Joe Kanosky and his wife, Jennifer, have been in Freeport since the fall of 1981; together, they have 2 grown children, Andrew and Alison; and

WHEREAS, Joe Kanosky serves as a model of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Joe Kanosky on the occasion of his retirement 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 Joe Kanosky as a symbol of our esteem and respect.