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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor Anthony (Tony) Pintozzi,
4 Sr., founding member of the Northern Illinois Painting and
5 Drywall Institute, for his tireless dedication, hard work, and
6 years of service; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The Northern Illinois Painting and Drywall
8 Institute (NIPDI) was officially formed on December 21, 1978;
9 the first three NIPDI Trustees were Larry Nedrow, Anthony
10 Pintozzi, Sr., and Morris Svendsen; NIPDI was created by the
11 Northeast Illinois Chapter Painting and Decorating Contractors
12 of America in agreement with Painters District Council No. 30;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Tony Pintozzi, Sr., continued to serve NIPDI in
15 the capacity of Trustee throughout much of its 31 years up to
16 this very day, whose industry experience and historical
17 perspective have proved to be most valuable to the NIPDI
18 organization; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Pintz & Company Decorators was founded by Tony C.
20 Pintozzi, Sr., in 1952; He lived and worked in the city of
21 Chicago and performed interior and exterior residential
22 painting; in 1954, Tony moved to McHenry and operated the

 

 

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1 business out of the basement of his house; his brother Chuck
2 Pintozzi, joined as his partner that same year; and
 
3     WHEREAS, In 1965 they changed the name of the company to
4 International Decorators, Inc.; in 1969 they decided to get
5 into the residential drywall business; in 1975 they started
6 installing metal stud framing and the Commercial Drywall
7 division was formed; with the expanding business, Tony and
8 Chuck moved the business into a larger facility (still in
9 McHenry) in 1978; and
 
10     WHEREAS, 1988 brought more changes for the company, with a
11 move into a larger facility in Lake County and starting the
12 Accoustical Ceiling Division; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In 1996 Anthony Pintozzi, Jr., Randy Freund, and
14 Bill Preston bought the company from Tony and Chuck; therefore,
15 be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 honor Anthony Pintozzi, Sr., for his years of service and
19 dedication to the industry, and wish him all the best for the
20 future; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to Anthony Pintozzi, Sr., as a symbol of our respect
2 and esteem.