PHILADELPHIA - John J. Mulhern, director of professional education at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government, has been honored with a Philadelphia City Council resolution for his 15 years of "extraordinary commitment" in training leaders for all levels of public service.

Philadelphia City Councilman-At-Large Jack Kelly offered the resolution, which passed unanimously, and presented it to Mulhern at the City Council meeting on March 15.

Kelly praised Mulhern as " an advisor and professor to many of our best and brightest staff members."

In addition to his work at the Fels Institute, Mulhern is an adjunct associate professor of classical studies and government administration at Penn. He has served as a consultant on economic growth issues to the federal government, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia.