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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Hank Gianvecchio
4 on a lifetime of accomplishments, including receiving the
5 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Italian American Political
6 Coalition; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He was first elected to the office of Bloomingdale
8 Township Assessor in 1973 and has been re-elected eight more
9 times; Since he was elected he has led the Bloomingdale
10 Township Assessor's office through periods of tremendous
11 growth and technological change; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He is a consummate professional holding a State of
13 Illinois Appraisal License and is a Certified Illinois
14 Assessing Official; under his leadership his office has been a
15 model in Illinois for assessment equity and computerized
16 operations for efficiency and accuracy; the office has also
17 received many awards for professional and outstanding
18 performance; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He has received many professional awards over the
20 years and has served with distinction on the Board of Directors
21 of the Illinois Assessors Association and as Chairman of the
22 Legislative Committee; he is past President and past

 

 

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1 Vice-President of the DuPage County Assessors Association, as
2 well as a Legislative Liaison; he is a member of the DuPage
3 County Assessors Association, International Association of
4 Assessing Officials, National Association of Independent Fee
5 Appraisers, Illinois Assessors Association, and the National
6 Association of Review Appraisers & Mortgage Underwriters; and
 
7     WHEREAS, His educational background includes attendance
8 and testing over 70 classes, totaling more than 500 hours of
9 curricula consisting of appraisal theory and practice,
10 assessment valuation, real estate law, assessment
11 administration, and data processing; he has served two
12 different Illinois Governors on commissions, and brings his
13 expertise and knowledge to legislative committee hearings; he
14 worked with then Senate President Pate Philip and then Governor
15 Jim Edgar to make tax caps a reality in Illinois; and he was
16 appointed by former Governor Thompson to serve as a
17 commissioner on the Illinois Commission on Delinquency
18 Prevention in 1980 for a two year term; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He was appointed by Governor Edgar to serve as a
20 member of the Commission on Recodification of the Revenue Act
21 of 1939; he was also appointed by Governor Edgar to serve as a
22 member of the Commission on Property Tax Reform in 1998 and
23 appointed by former Senate President Pate Philip to serve as a
24 member of the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation in

 

 

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1 1999; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Upon retirement, at the end of this year, served
3 as assessor for Bloomingdale Township for the past 36 years;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, He served his country in the United States Army
6 4th Infantry Division and is a Vietnam Veteran; while in
7 Vietnam he earned the Presidential Unit Citation and the
8 Vietnam Campaign Ribbon; he served his community by teaching
9 computer courses part-time at the College of DuPage; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He has had involvement with the YMCA, Indian
11 Guides, Career Education Program at Medinah School District
12 #11, Cooperative Education Program at Lake Park High School
13 District #108, and American Legion Post # 1084; he is a member
14 of many groups, including the Americans of Italian Decent and
15 the DuPage County Italian Americans; he is married to Geri and
16 has three children, Rick, Christopher, and Natasha; and he has
17 been a resident of DuPage County since 1970; therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20 congratulate Hank Gianvecchio on receiving the Lifetime
21 Achievement Award from the Italian American Political
22 Coalition and wish him the best in his future endeavors; and be

 

 

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1 it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Hank Gianvecchio as a symbol of our respect and
4 esteem.