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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The City of Centralia, Illinois honors many of
3 its citizens with induction into its Hall of Fame; one
4 inductee is John W. Clark; and
5 WHEREAS, John W. Clark was born in Centralia, Illinois on
6 May 29, 1920; in 1946 he married Jacqueline Milz; they are
7 the proud parents of Douglas and Scott; and
8 WHEREAS, In 1938, John Clark graduated from Centralia
9 High School; he went on to attend college at Bradley and
10 Centralia Junior College; in 1941, John served as a Senior
11 Lieutenant with the U.S. Navy Air Corps, stationed in the
12 South Pacific; from 1946 to 1949, John was a partner in a
13 hardware store and sand and gravel dredging operation in
14 Centralia; in 1949 John became a full time student at the
15 University of Missouri; in 1951 John became a Hydraulic
16 Engineer with the U.S. Geological Survey, Surface Water
17 Division, Rolla, Missouri, while continuing his studies at
18 the University of Missouri; from 1953 to the present day,
19 John Clark has taught Civil Engineering at New Mexico State
20 University; and
21 WHEREAS, John W. Clark received the Distinguished Flying
22 Cross from the U.S. Navy in 1943; he was named the
23 Outstanding Civil Engineering Graduate at the University of
24 Missouri in 1951; and he was named Distinguished Professor at
25 New Mexico State University in 1963; therefore, be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
28 salute John W. Clark on being named to the Centralia Hall of
29 Fame; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to John W. Clark.