Full Text of HR0434 94th General Assembly
HR0434 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Gerhard (Gary) Seibert of Chicago has been named | 3 |
| area vice-president and managing director for Hawaii, | 4 |
| overseeing the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort and Spa, | 5 |
| Doubletree Alana Waikiki and Hilton Waikoloa Village; a | 6 |
| farewell party is planned for Mr. Seibert on May 26, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Seibert has been serving as area | 8 |
| vice-president for Hilton Hotels Corporation and general | 9 |
| manager of the historic Palmer House Hilton since 2000; in his | 10 |
| 32 years at Hilton, he has earned a first-rate reputation not | 11 |
| only for his professional contributions to the company, but | 12 |
| also as a dedicated community leader, a vocal proponent of | 13 |
| workplace diversity, and one of the industry's top authorities | 14 |
| on hospitality, tourism, and hotel operations; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Seibert received his undergraduate degree in | 16 |
| Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management from Purdue | 17 |
| University; in 1989, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award | 18 |
| from Purdue's School of Engineering and Technology at | 19 |
| Indianapolis; and
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| WHEREAS, He began his career at Hilton in 1973 as a front | 21 |
| desk clerk at the Indianapolis Hilton; the company gave him his | 22 |
| first general manager position in 1982 at the Northfield Hilton | 23 |
| in Troy, Michigan; in 1988, he was named general manager of the | 24 |
| Hilton Chicago and Towers, where he earned the distinction of | 25 |
| being named the Hilton General Manager of the Year for three | 26 |
| consecutive years from 1990 to 1992; in 2000, he became area | 27 |
| vice-president, Midwest Region, Hilton Hotels Corporation and | 28 |
| general manager of the Palmer House Hilton; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been the Illinois representative to the | 30 |
| American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA) for more than | 31 |
| ten years; in addition to serving on the association's |
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| executive committee for a number of years, he served on the | 2 |
| political action committee of AH&LA and the Illinois Hotel & | 3 |
| Lodging Association (IHLA); he has served as an IHLA board | 4 |
| member for 15 years, four of them in officer positions; he has | 5 |
| been vice-chairman of the IHLA's Education Foundation since | 6 |
| 1994, working to distribute over $200,000 in scholarships to | 7 |
| deserving college students pursuing careers in the hospitality | 8 |
| industry; he has attended every Legislative Action Summit in | 9 |
| Washington, D.C., since its inception, and has helped lead the | 10 |
| Illinois delegation each year; he was also elected chairman of | 11 |
| the board of Chicago's Convention and Tourism Bureau in 1995 | 12 |
| and 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, The three words that best describe Mr. Siebert are | 14 |
| "determined, tireless, and committed"; he will be relocating to | 15 |
| Hawaii with his wife, Kathryn; he has three grown sons; | 16 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 |
| we congratulate Gerhard (Gary) Seibert on his promotion within | 20 |
| the Hilton Hotels Corporation and wish him and his wife the | 21 |
| best in their move to Hawaii; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to Gerhard (Gary) Siebert as an expression of our | 24 |
| admiration and esteem.
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