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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING DR. SUSAN GIBBONS ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Filippi, and Shallcross Smith

     Date Introduced: June 14, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, As a young girl, Susan Gibbons began her affection and connection to

Block Island while visiting her grandparents in the summer months. In 2002, she and her

husband, Peter, who had met on the island, became full-time residents; and

     WHEREAS, In 2005, after attaining her certification to become a high school teacher,

Dr. Gibbons became the island's high school resource teacher. After extensive courses, she took

on the challenge of teaching all the sciences at the high school level including physical science,

earth science, biology, chemistry, field biology, and human anatomy; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Gibbons had previously taught in the Physical Therapy program at the

University of Hartford for eleven years and had earned her PhD in Human Development and

Family Studies at the University of Connecticut; and

     WHEREAS, Surrounded by the perfect nature setting to teach many of the sciences, Dr.

Gibbons often used the island's resources and environment to teach and instill her students with

the value of nature and an understanding of "their roles as stewards of the island environment";

and

     WHEREAS, Extraordinary people never retire, they just begin a new chapter of their

lives. Dr. Gibbons looks forward to spending more time with her husband, friends, and

granddaughter in Boston, as well as traveling, and training and riding her horses; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Gibbons has been a paradigm of the very best leadership and teaching

qualities and the erudite tutelage she has bestowed on her students will be felt for generations;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

congratulates Dr. Susan Gibbons on her retirement and thanks her for all her efforts on behalf of

Block Island's children. We moreover wish her good health, fulfillment and much success in all

her future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Susan Gibbons.

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