Full Text of HR0803 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate John T. Hooker, | 4 | | Executive Vice President, Legislative and External Affairs of | 5 | | Commonwealth Edison Company, who is retiring after forty-four | 6 | | years of service to the company; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hooker, who started in the ComEd mailroom in | 8 | | 1968, has epitomized the American spirit of hard work and | 9 | | steadfast dedication to create a better life for himself, his | 10 | | wife, Kim, his family, and his community; he has been | 11 | | instrumental in helping ComEd build bridges to the community it | 12 | | serves and to better represent the diversity of its 3.6 million | 13 | | customers; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hooker has become one of the most respected | 15 | | policy advocates in Springfield, known by all for his honesty, | 16 | | integrity, ability to work with all sides of an issue, and an | 17 | | unending personal dedication to make Illinois a better place | 18 | | for all; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hooker has been a key advocate for the reform, | 20 | | revitalization, and restructuring of the State's electric | 21 | | industry and the modernization of the State's electric | 22 | | infrastructure, and other important policy initiatives; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment as executive vice | 2 | | president, he served as
senior vice president of Legislative & | 3 | | Governmental Affairs and was responsible for managing
ComEd's | 4 | | relationships with the Chicago City Council, the Illinois | 5 | | General Assembly, and other State
agencies; previous to that | 6 | | position, he served as senior vice president of Legislative & | 7 | | External Affairs for
ComEd; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, At the same time he served as vice president, | 9 | | Property Management, Exelon Energy
Delivery, with | 10 | | responsibility for facilities, real estate, and claims at both | 11 | | ComEd and Philadelphia-based
sister company PECO Energy; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John T. Hooker is noted for his many "Hookerisms" | 13 | | of which one highlights his professional career, "will make it | 14 | | work"; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, He has served in numerous ComEd departments for 44 | 16 | | years, holding management positions in
industrial relations, | 17 | | marketing, governmental, and regulatory affairs; his expertise | 18 | | was instrumental to
the passage of Illinois' Customer Choice | 19 | | Law of 1997; he is a founding member of the Exelon African | 20 | | American Members' Association (EAAMA); founded in 1990, the | 21 | | organization focuses on building members' individual growth | 22 | | opportunities within
the company; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He serves on the board of directors of the Chicago | 2 | | State University Foundation; the Peoples Consumer Cooperative; | 3 | | the Safer Foundation;
Junior Achievement; and The
African | 4 | | American Legacy Initiative; he is a member of the American | 5 | | Association of Black in Energy, an organization devoted to
| 6 | | increasing the number of blacks and other minorities in | 7 | | energy-related fields; he also is a member of
Chicago State | 8 | | University's Business Hall of Fame committee, and is involved | 9 | | with the Chicago Public
Schools Youth Motivation Program; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate John T. Hooker on his retirement and wish him | 14 | | the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to John T. Hooker as a symbol of our respect and | 17 | | esteem.
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