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vating integrity, commitment, and education within the 
Nation’s youth; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson’s dedicated serv-
ice and commitment to the development and education of 
Los Angeles youth earned her the honor of being named 
recipient of the Esteemed Instructor Award as well as 
Outstanding Administrator Award for three consecutive 
years; 
Whereas during her tenure, Earnestine Thomas-Robertson 
has been a mentor, community organizer, and an inspira-
tion to students, faculty members, and college staff; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson served 10 years 
as Professor of Political Science and International Rela-
tions, and Department Chair of the Behavioral and So-
cial Sciences; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson conceptualized 
and developed innovative campus programs for students, 
such as the Business Opportunities Day, Vocational Edu-
cation Day, Mock Trial, Women in Engineering Seminar 
Series, and the First and Second Annual Computer Inte-
grated Manufacturing Conferences; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson authored the pro-
posal and managed the College Workforce Competencies 
Program designed to prepare students with workforce 
competencies and entry-level job skills; 
Whereas in 2001, Earnestine Thomas-Robertson earned her 
Ed.D. in Institutional Management focusing her disserta-
tion on Globalizing Community College Curricula; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson organized and 
developed 14 Strategies for The Development of the Afri-
can American Manchild Conferences (at Los Angeles City 
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College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Compton Com-
munity College, El Camino College, Cal State University 
Dominguez Hills, and the University of Southern Cali-
fornia) and 8 International Education Day forums with 
campus-wide participation at Los Angeles Southwest Col-
lege (LASC); 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson served 5 years as 
Dean and Associate Dean of Vocational and Technical 
Education; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson established the 
Los Angeles Southwest College Council on Vocational 
Education to empower the community and promote re-
sponsibility and accountability; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson authored LASC’s 
first Tech Prep proposal and organized the Tech Prep 
Consortium in collaboration with four feeder high schools, 
the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Program, 
and local business and industry partners; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson managed two 
$5,000,000 grants in Special Funds, separate from the 
college academic budget, including a Department of Edu-
cation Title III Grant; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson chaired the exec-
utive committee for the African American Civil Rights 
Complete Count Committee for the 2000 Census; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson received a com-
mendation from the Los Angeles City Council for out-
standing contributions to the City of Los Angeles and 
higher education; 
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Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson served 15 years 
as Curriculum Dean in Academic Affairs and facilitated 
the progressive Pan-American Studies Program; 
Whereas Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson provided 15 
years of direct faculty supervision and consultation with 
department chairs regarding the preparation of the Col-
lege Schedule, development of the College Operational 
Plan, and curriculum, academic, and budget management 
to ensure that college needs and resources were matched; 
Whereas in her capacity as Dean of Academic Affairs for Los 
Angeles Southwest College, Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Rob-
ertson developed and presented a series of informative 
presentations on Performance Based Funding and Cali-
fornia’s Partnership for Excellence Program for the Col-
lege Council of Instruction; 
Whereas as Dean of Academic Affairs at Los Angeles South-
west College, Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson was in-
strumental in the relocation of instructional programs to 
new facilities (classrooms and labs) and the development 
of a new communications and technology infrastructure; 
and 
Whereas in her retirement, Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robert-
son will scribe two books and expand her role as servant 
leader to the Los Angeles-Lusaka Sister City Committee 
and the International Sister Cities Organization of Los 
Angeles with a particular emphasis on Africa and in that 
capacity she will continue to work with world leaders to 
promote the concept of interdependence among nations to 
further advance the art of negotiation and citizen diplo-
macy: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson for 31 years of service 
in academia in the Los Angeles Community College Dis-
trict. 
Æ 
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