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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Raymond "Ray" A. Altmix has served the citizens | ||||||
| 3 | of Illinois as a community banker for 50 years; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Ray Altmix began his community banking career in | ||||||
| 5 | 1973 when he served as a courier at Mercantile Trust & Savings | ||||||
| 6 | Bank in Quincy, Illinois and advanced to become the consumer | ||||||
| 7 | loan department manager in 1976; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Ray Altmix continued his career at four | ||||||
| 9 | additional banks in Illinois, serving as vice president and | ||||||
| 10 | senior vice president; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Ray Altmix moved to Marion, Illinois to serve as | ||||||
| 12 | President and CEO of The Bank of Marion in 1999, where he was | ||||||
| 13 | also a member of the bank's board of directors; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Ray Altmix has led The Bank of Marion and The | ||||||
| 15 | First Southern Bank's significant growth over the years from a | ||||||
| 16 | 150 million dollar bank with four locations to a one billion | ||||||
| 17 | dollar bank serving a dozen communities with 18 locations and | ||||||
| 18 | ever-increasing significant economic contributions to those | ||||||
| 19 | Southern Illinois communities; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Ray Altmix has been actively involved in his | ||||||
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| 1 | communities by serving on many boards, including the State of | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois United Way board as well as various local United Way | ||||||
| 3 | boards; he has served in leadership positions supporting | ||||||
| 4 | fundraising for charitable causes such as the Arthritis | ||||||
| 5 | Foundation, for which he has been recognized on the national | ||||||
| 6 | level; he has also been a member of various civic groups; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Ray Altmix has been actively involved as a member | ||||||
| 8 | of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI) as a | ||||||
| 9 | board member and group director; he was named a CBAI | ||||||
| 10 | Outstanding Member in 2010 and is dedicated to CBAI's mission | ||||||
| 11 | of ensuring that community banks remain competitive for the | ||||||
| 12 | benefit of their customers and the communities they serve | ||||||
| 13 | through effective delivery of quality education, | ||||||
| 14 | representation, and essential products and services; | ||||||
| 15 | therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we congratulate Raymond A. Altmix on his 50 years in community | ||||||
| 19 | banking and wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | provided to Ray Altmix as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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