HR1564 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in the lives of Illinois citizens; and

WHEREAS, Vincent J. Trosino joined State Farm Insurance Companies in 1962 in the Pennsylvania regional office, moving to the home office in Bloomington, Illinois in 1967, and being named Director of Home Office Personnel Relations in 1972; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino served as division manager and deputy regional vice president in the Southern California regional office through 1980, later being named Regional Vice President for the Northeastern regional office in 1981; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino was elected Vice President in the President's Office in 1986, rising to Executive Vice President in 1987, Chief Operating Officer for State Farm Mutual in 1991, Vice Chairman in 1994, and President in 1998; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino now serves as President, Vice Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, in addition to Vice Chairman of the Board of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, and State Farm Life Insurance Company; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino is a member of the board of directors and executive committees of State Farm General Insurance, State Farm Lloyds, Inc., State Farm Life and Accident Assurance, and Slate Farm Annuity and Life Insurance companies, as well as the State Farm Investment Management Corporation, and State Farm International Services, Inc., and the executive committees of State Farm Mutual and State Farm Fire and Casualty; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino received a Bachelor's degree from Villanova University, and a Master's degree from Illinois State University, where he later taught human resources management; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino has dedicated his time and talents outside State Farm as well, by being elected to the Brookings Institution Board of Trustees, serving on the executive committee and the budget and finance committee, joining the Board of Directors of the Insurance Information Institute in 2002, and serving on the Board of Directors of Vulcan Materials Company beginning in 2003; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino is past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute for CPCU, the Insurance Institute of America, and the Insurance Institute for Applied Ethics; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino's civic work continued through an appointment to the Judicial Inquiry Board in 1992 by former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, serving as a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the American Judicature Society, and being named to the board of directors of the National Italian American Foundation; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino's commitment to education has been demonstrated by his service on the Illinois State University Foundation Board of Directors from 1989 to 1997, and as chairman from 1993 to 1997, in addition to service on the Villanova University College of Commerce and Finance Board of Advisors; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino's outstanding public service has been recognized through his work with the Children's Foundation of McLean County, the honor of receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award by the College of Arts and Science at Villanova University, induction into the Arts and Science Hall of Fame at Illinois State University, and receiving the 2001 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of the Year Award; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Vincent J. Trosino on his retirement from State Farm Insurance Companies; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Vincent J. Trosino.