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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Frank M. Burzynski 
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on his retirement from the West Chicago Community High School 
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District; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was born in 1948 in Stanley, 
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Wisconsin; he graduated from Stanley-Boyd High School in 1966; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski married his high school 
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sweetheart, Mary Ann Supple, 39 years ago in June of 1968 and 
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they have raised three children, Jason, Tasha, and Tracy; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski graduated Magna Cum Laude with 
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a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Wisconsin 
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State University-Eau Claire in 1970; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was hired by West Chicago 
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Community High School District 94 in the fall of 1970 and 
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completed 37 years of successful teaching, beginning almost 
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every day more than an hour early and finishing more than an 
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hour late to provide his students with the extra help that only 
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a dedicated teacher can provide; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski received a National Science 
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Foundation grant to attend Notre Dame University and from there 
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received a Master of Sciences Degree in Mathematics in 1974; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski participated in one of the very 
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first federally funded high school computer courses in 1975, 
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using the Hewlett Packard HP981OA; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was an integral part of the 
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small cadre of math teachers that kept West Chicago Community 
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High School at the leading edge of computer education, from the 
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first IBM 1132 mainframe in 1967 to the full integration of 
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micro computers into the math curriculum in the early 1980s; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was selected to work at the 
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for three successive 
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decades in a program that matched working math teachers with 
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computer jobs in a facility at the leading edge of physics 
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research; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski gave talks at mathematics 
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conventions about computers, including a talk at the 1979 
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics national 
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convention; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Frank M. Burzynski was a member of the choir at 
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Charles for 24 years; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Frank M. Burzynski on his retirement and wish him 
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continued success and happiness in the future; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Frank M. Burzynski as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.