Full Text of HR1176 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Douglas L. Whitley and thank | 4 | | him for his many years of service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, As President and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of | 6 | | Commerce, Douglas Whitley leads the Chamber's charge to | 7 | | aggressively promote the interests of Illinois business; he has | 8 | | been a registered Illinois lobbyist for more than 30 years and | 9 | | has a long record of business leadership and expertise in | 10 | | taxation and regulation, which he has earned in a career | 11 | | spanning the public and private sectors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Douglas Whitley has held | 13 | | leadership positions with numerous business and civic | 14 | | organizations; he co-founded and co-chairs the Transportation | 15 | | for Illinois Coalition and currently serves on the Board of | 16 | | Directors for the Illinois Technology Partnership and on the | 17 | | Steering Committee for the Illinois Business Immigration | 18 | | Coalition; his other leadership positions have included the | 19 | | Illinois Business Roundtable, the Chicagoland Chamber of | 20 | | Commerce, the Economic Club of Chicago, and Chicago's Work | 21 | | Force Development Board; he has served on numerous commissions | 22 | | and advisory boards including Governor Quinn's Economic | 23 | | Recovery Commission, the Advisory Board to the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Workforce | 2 | | Investment Board of the Illinois Department of Commerce and | 3 | | Economic Opportunity; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Before joining the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, | 5 | | Douglas Whitley was President of Ameritech Illinois; he served | 6 | | 2 years as Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue | 7 | | during the administration of Governor Jim Edgar and, prior to | 8 | | that, he was president of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois | 9 | | for 14 years; in earlier years, he was a legislative staff | 10 | | member in the Illinois House of Representatives; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, A lifelong Illinois resident, Douglas Whitley | 12 | | spent his youth in Atwood, a small, central Illinois farming | 13 | | community of 1,200, where he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout; | 14 | | he earned his bachelor's degree in government and history from | 15 | | Southern Illinois University and was granted an honorary | 16 | | doctorate degree from Western Illinois University; he and his | 17 | | wife, Joanne, live in Kane County and they have 3 children; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we recognize Douglas Whitley, thank him for his many years of | 22 | | service, and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and | 23 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Douglas Whitley as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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