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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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was founded in 1994 and is a publicly and privately-supported 
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not-for-profit organization; it was created to significantly 
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raise Illinois worldwide competitiveness by improving the 
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performance of its institutions and businesses; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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has created an award patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige 
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National Quality Award; the award is an annual recognition of 
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Illinois organizations that have demonstrated exemplary 
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approach, deployment, and results in their overall quality 
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systems and processes; it is presented to organizations that 
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serve as role models for quality, customer satisfaction, and 
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performance excellence; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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has awarded OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, 
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located in Pontiac, the 2004 Lincoln Silver Award for Progress 
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Towards Excellence; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In addition, eight other Illinois organizations 
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were recognized with the 2004 Lincoln Bronze Award for 
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Commitment to Excellence for their earnest efforts to adopt and 
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apply continuous improvement principles; these recipients 
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include Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings in Waukegan, Bison Gear & 
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Engineering Corp. in Saint Charles, Forest View Elementary 
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School in Mt. Prospect, MTM Recognition in Princeton, Mundelein 
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High School District 120 in Mundelein, Preco Electronics, Inc., 
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in Morton, Robert Frost Elementary School in Mt. Prospect, and 
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Salt Creek Elementary School in Elk Grove Village; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Award recipients were formally honored at The 
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Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence Tenth Annual 
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Recognition Ceremony hosted by Michael J. Birck, Tellabs' 
 


 






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Chairman and CEO, on December 15, 2004; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we recognize The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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and its efforts to assist Illinois organizations to strive for 
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performance excellence; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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and each 2004 Performance Excellence Award recipient as an 
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expression of our respect and esteem.