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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Bill Hood on the occasion
4of his retirement as Managing Director of State and Local
5Government Affairs for American Airlines; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Bill Hood began working for American Airlines in
71994 and, as Managing Director, worked with State and local
8government authorities and community organizations on matters
9concerning airline regulation, airport operations, and general
10business matters in the Midwest; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Before joining American Airlines, Bill Hood
12worked as a lawyer and, for a time, managed the municipal bond
13investment banking division for Continental Bank in Chicago; he
14also served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging
15and worked as a journalist, winning several awards for
16investigative journalism; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Bill Hood has served on the boards of numerous
18business, cultural, and social service organizations; he was a
19trustee for Columbia College Chicago from 1988 through 2012 and
20its chairman from 2001 through 2005; he has served as a trustee
21for the Museum of Contemporary Art since 1998, as a board
22member of the Museum of Contemporary Photography since 1995 and

 

 

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1as its chairperson, as a director of the Chicago Area Project
2since 1977 and as its chairperson, as a trustee for the Chicago
3Shakespeare Theater since 2001, as a member of several
4affiliate groups of the Art Institute of Chicago, as a member
5of the National Committee of the American Friends of Versailles
6since 2008, as a member of the Chicago Historical Society
7Making History Awards Committee, as a member of the Great Lakes
8Dredge and Philharmonic Society, as a trustee for the Chicago
9Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) since 2011, as a trustee
10for the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra since 2011, as a trustee
11for Alliance Francaise, and as a member of the Chicagoland
12Chamber of Commerce, including service as president and
13treasurer of its Political Action Committee and on its
14Government Relations Committee; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Bill Hood is a member of the Sangamo Club in
16Springfield, the Racquet Club in Chicago, and the Lotos Club in
17New York; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Bill Hood's previous affiliations also include
19service as a director of the Landmarks Preservation Council of
20Illinois, as an emeritus director of Lawyers for the Creative
21Arts, as a director of the James Jordan Foundation Boys & Girls
22Club, as a director of the Chicago Chapter of the
23Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce, as a director and
24chairperson of the Law School Fund for Northwestern University

 

 

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1School of Law, and as chairperson of the State and Local
2Affairs Committee for the Air Transport Association; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Bill Hood and his wife, Vicki, reside in Chicago
4and have 2 sons; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we congratulate Bill Hood on his retirement as the Managing
8Director of State and Local Government Affairs for American
9Airlines; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to Bill Hood as an expression of our esteem and
12respect.