HR0483 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Norman R. Bobins, a native Chicagoan and pre-eminent banker, has served the Illinois banking industry for a period spanning five decades; and

WHEREAS, Norman Bobins began his career in 1967 at the American National Bank and Trust Company in Chicago; in 1981, he joined Exchange National Bank, which was later acquired by LaSalle Bank; he retired from ABN AMRO and LaSalle Bank Corporation as chairman, president, and chief executive officer in 2007; and

WHEREAS, Norman Bobins currently serves as the non-executive chairman of The PrivateBank and Trust Company in Chicago and non-executive chairman of the board of Transco, Inc.; he also serves on the corporate boards of AAR CORP., Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., and RREEF America REIT II, Inc.; and

WHEREAS, Norman Bobins has provided continuous leadership and has devoted a lifetime of community service to dozens of local, State, and national civic organizations, including serving four consecutive four-year terms as a member of the Chicago Board of Education, serving as a board trustee of WTTW Communications, Inc., where he served as chairman for six years, and as a member of the boards of directors of the Auditorium Theatre, Brain Research Foundation, The Field Museum, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, Navy Pier, Inc., and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; and

WHEREAS, Norman Bobins is a Life Member of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, former chairman of the board of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and has served as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council; and

WHEREAS, Norman Bobins has received numerous awards including the Illinois Bankers Association's 2014 Illinois Banker of the Year Award, the 2012 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, the 2007 Order of Lincoln, the State of Illinois' highest award, the 2007 Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's Daniel H. Burnham Distinguished Leadership Award, the 2003 University of Chicago Graduate School of Business' Distinguished Corporate Alumnus Award, and the 1992 Human Rights Medallion from the American Jewish Committee; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize Norman R. Bobins for his outstanding leadership, selfless service, generous philanthropy, and willingness to help local communities prosper and thrive; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we congratulate Norman Bobins for his 50 years of service to the banking industry and in helping to promote economic and job growth in the great State of Illinois, for serving as a teacher and mentor to so many Illinois bankers, and for his unfaltering commitment to community and State; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to Norman Bobins and his wife, Virginia, at the Annual Conference of the Illinois Bankers Association on June 23, 2017 as an expression of our esteem and respect.