Description and accomplishments of the Doctor of Humane Letters recipient

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Governors State UniversityOPUS Open Portal to University ScholarshipCommencements Commencement1992Honorary Degree Citation: James R. ThompsonGovernors State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/commencementsThis Citation is brought to you for free and open access by the Commencement at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been acceptedfor inclusion in Commencements by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, pleasecontact opus@govst.edu.Recommended CitationGovernors State University, "Honorary Degree Citation: James R. Thompson" (1992). Commencements. Paper 85.http://opus.govst.edu/commencements/85s~:~:. ~~~: ·~~ .· . ~ ... .. ~ ·.·:. ·4~:~~ .. • ••• ~ .. ~ :.{ . ~ .. . ...... : . ;'"" .·. ·'_,~: . . ' .. ·.· . · ... JAMES R. THOMPSON ·Governors State University is proud to recognize you~ distinguished accomplishments and performance: first as a citizen- statesman- for your farsighted and i ntell ectua 1 leadership on diverse commissions . and task forces including--violent crime, teen vregnancy, infant mortality, global climate change, and then chairman of the Presi dent·Ls Intelligence Oversight Board; secondly. as a ski 11 ful and dedicated prosecutor who carried out your responsibilities with zeal and determination within the framework of our system of law ; · thirdly, · as the efficient and progressive Governor of the great State of · Illinois whose citizens honored you by electing you to an ·unprecedented four consecutive · terms; and. finally. for your dignity. fidelity, and unselfish devotion to the public good. to honor you with · our highest award, the Doctorate of · Humane . '· , ... . •,. · ~;.: "!• ,.. .. .. . ' ·.?! ; . .. . ,

Honorary Degree Citation: James R. Thompson

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Honorary Degree Citation: James R. Thompson

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