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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Charles M. Hill Sr. | ||||||
| 4 | for 25 years of service and dedication as a member of the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois FAIR Plan Association Governing Committee and the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board of Directors; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill earned a Masters of Science degree in | ||||||
| 8 | Urban Affairs from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and | ||||||
| 9 | completed the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Bank | ||||||
| 10 | Management in 1982; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill was appointed in 1983 as the first | ||||||
| 12 | Public Director of both the Illinois FAIR Plan Association | ||||||
| 13 | Governing Committee and the Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance | ||||||
| 14 | Fund Board of Directors; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, During the entire 25 years Charles Hill | ||||||
| 16 | consistently and successfully represented the needs of the | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois consumer as an advocate for adequate and affordable | ||||||
| 18 | insurance by: leading successful efforts to repopulate the FAIR | ||||||
| 19 | Plan; establishing programs dedicated to promoting home | ||||||
| 20 | ownership, insurance training, and fire prevention; assuring | ||||||
| 21 | the financial solvency of the Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund | ||||||
| 22 | through careful oversight of investments; promoting increases | ||||||
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| 1 | in limits of liability to enable all homeowners to obtain full | ||||||
| 2 | time subsidence coverage; and serving as a role model and | ||||||
| 3 | mentor to numerous insurance professionals in both the FAIR | ||||||
| 4 | Plan and Mine Subsidence organizations; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill is past Chairman of the FAIR Plan | ||||||
| 6 | Association Governing Committee and current Chairman of its | ||||||
| 7 | Finance and Audit Committee; he is past Chairman of the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board of Directors and | ||||||
| 9 | current Chairman of its Finance and Audit Committees; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Until February of 2000, Charles Hill was Executive | ||||||
| 11 | Vice President of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, served | ||||||
| 12 | as Chief Operating Officer, and also directed the Bank's | ||||||
| 13 | Community Investment Group; and he pioneered affordable | ||||||
| 14 | housing programs in Illinois and Wisconsin; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill continues to be actively involved in | ||||||
| 16 | serving and promoting the financial interests of consumers, | ||||||
| 17 | working on the boards of several organizations, including | ||||||
| 18 | Guaranty Bank where he serves on both the Audit and | ||||||
| 19 | Compensation Committees, past Chairman of the Board of the | ||||||
| 20 | Woodstock Institute, a national advocacy organization, trustee | ||||||
| 21 | and life member of the National Housing Conference, and he is | ||||||
| 22 | an Executive Committee member of the National Association of | ||||||
| 23 | Affordable Housing Lenders; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate and recognize Charles M. Hill Sr. for his hard | ||||||
| 4 | work and devotion to the Illinois FAIR Plan Association | ||||||
| 5 | Governing Committee and the Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance | ||||||
| 6 | Fund Board of Directors; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Charles M. Hill Sr. as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 9 | gratitude for his public service.
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