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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to recognize milestone events in the
4 lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, John W. McCarter, Jr. is President and Chief
6 Executive Officer of the Field Museum, one of the great
7 natural history museums in the world; and
8 WHEREAS, The Field Museum is an international leader in
9 environmental conservation evolutionary biology,
10 paleontology, and anthropology; its collections number over
11 21 million specimens, and the staff includes 72 Ph.Ds; the
12 Field Museum has activities in 98 countries; and
13 WHEREAS, The Field Museum's educational programs and
14 exhibits attracted more than 4 million visitors during the
15 last two years including 700,000 students, and its distance
16 learning program over the Internet and public television
17 stations has reached 12 million students; its close ties with
18 the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois are
19 models for institutional alliances; and
20 WHEREAS, A native Chicagoan, John W. McCarter, Jr.,
21 previously was Senior Vice President of Booz Allen &
22 Hamilton, Inc.; earlier in his career, he served as President
23 of DeKalb Corporation and was Budget Director of the State of
24 Illinois under Governor Richard B. Ogilvie; in addition, he
25 was a White House Fellow during the administration of Lyndon
26 B. Johnson; and
27 WHEREAS, Mr. McCarter is a Director of W.W. Grainger,
28 A.M. Castle, and Harris Insight Funds and Divergence L.L.C.;
29 he is a board member and former Chairman of Chicago's Public
30 Television Station Channel 11, a trustee of the University of
31 Chicago, and a director of the Chicago Public Education Fund;
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2 WHEREAS, Mr. McCarter is a graduate of Princeton
3 University and Harvard Business School, and also attended the
4 London School of Economics; and
5 WHEREAS, John McCarter, Jr. and his wife, Judy, live in
6 Northfield and have three children and one grandchild; and
7 WHEREAS, On May 23, 2002, John W. McCarter, Jr. will be
8 presented the Field Museum's Civic Leadership Award in
9 recognition of his dedication and contribution as President
10 and Chief Executive Officer of the Field Museum; therefore be
11 it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14 we congratulate John W. McCarter on receiving the Civic
15 Leadership Award presented by the Field Museum of Chicago;
16 and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to John W. McCarter as an expression of our esteem.