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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate David R. Wiltse on
4the occasion of his retirement as City Attorney for the City of
5Des Plaines; and
 
6    WHEREAS, David Wiltse has been licensed to practice law in
7Illinois since 1980; from 1979 to 1981, he worked as an
8attorney for a law firm representing municipalities and local
9governments, such as Hanover Park and Elk Grove Village; from
101982 to 1984, he served as a hearing referee for the Board of
11Review of the Illinois Department of Labor's Division of
12Employment Security; from 1984 to 1986, he served as an
13attorney for the Illinois Department of Revenue's Sales Tax
14Division; after serving in private practice from 1986 to 1994,
15he accepted a position as a Special Assistant Attorney General,
16representing the Illinois Lottery under 4 different Attorneys
17General from 1985 to 1994; he also served as an Adjunct
18Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School from 1992 to 1993;
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, In November of 1993, David Wiltse accepted the
21position of City Attorney for the City of Des Plaines, where he
22remained until his retirement on June 29, 2012; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, David Wiltse has been an active member of numerous
2community organizations; he was a board member and Vice
3President of the Whipple Tree Homeowners Association from 1978
4to 1979; he served as a Wheeling Township Trustee from 1980 to
51981; he served as a board member of the Chelsea Cove Condo
6Association from 1988 to 1989; he served as an elected member
7of the Board of Education of Township High School District 214
8from 1983 to 1995 and served as both Vice President and
9President of the Board of Education; he served as Treasurer of
10the Wheeling Township Rural Fire Protection District from 1975
11to 1996; he served as a member, Vice President, and President
12of the Arlington Heights Historical Society from 1991 to 2000;
13he served as co-chair of the Festival Committee from 2009 to
142010; he served as Chairman of the Northwest Municipal
15Conference Attorney's Committee from 2011 to 2012; he has also
16been a member of the Arlington Heights Festival Committee since
171991 and a member of the Illinois Municipal League Attorney's
18Committee since 1993; and
 
19    WHEREAS, David Wiltse has been the recipient of numerous
20awards, including the Illinois State Board of Education's
21"Award of Excellence" on September 27, 1991 and the President's
22Award of the International Municipal Lawyers Association as the
23"Most Outstanding State Chair" in October of 2010; he was also
24appointed to serve as Regional Vice President of the
25International Municipal Lawyers Association in 2010 and 2011;

 

 

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1and
 
2    WHEREAS, David Wiltse is the author of "Last Action of
3Gettysburg", an article in the January 2011 issue of Gettysburg
4Magazine, and is working on an article on the Battle of
5Chancellorsville; and
 
6    WHEREAS, David Wiltse serves as a model of hard work,
7integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
8Illinois; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11we congratulate David Wiltse on the occasion of his retirement
12and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it
13further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to David Wiltse as a symbol of our esteem and
16respect.