Full Text of HR0551 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The International Brotherhood of Electrical | 3 | | Workers (IBEW) was founded in 1891; the organization represents | 4 | | about 750,000 workers in the electrical industry in the United | 5 | | States, Canada, Panama, and several Caribbean nations; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lonnie Stephenson was born in Moline; he was | 7 | | initiated into the IBEW in 1976 and began his apprenticeship as | 8 | | an inside wireman with IBEW Rock Island Local 145; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lonnie Stephenson quickly became an active member | 10 | | of IBEW Rock Island Local 145; he was appointed Vice President | 11 | | in 1984 and President in 1987; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lonnie Stephenson led the effort to pass a $5 | 13 | | million bond initiative in Davenport, Iowa, to help renovate | 14 | | the city's waterfront area; in 1998, he helped to oversee the | 15 | | construction of the Quad Cities Electrical Training Facility; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, Lonnie Stephenson was appointed | 18 | | Representative of the IBEW Sixth District, serving Illinois, | 19 | | Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; in 2010, he was | 20 | | appointed International Vice President of the IBEW Sixth | 21 | | District; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On May 27, 2015, Edwin D. Hill announced his | 2 | | retirement as IBEW International President; Illinois native | 3 | | Lonnie Stephenson was named Hill's successor and will assume | 4 | | the position of IBEW International President on June 1, 2015; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate Lonnie Stephenson on the occasion of his | 9 | | appointment as International President of the International | 10 | | Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and wish him much success in | 11 | | his new position; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Lonnie Stephenson as a symbol of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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