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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 John T. Hooker on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of winning the Circle of Friends Award from the | ||||||
| 5 | Chicago State University (CSU) Foundation in recognition of his | ||||||
| 6 | outstanding commitment to the success of CSU students; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, John Hooker was born on November 25, 1948, in | ||||||
| 8 | Chicago; he grew up in Chicago's Lawndale community and | ||||||
| 9 | attended Theodore Hertzel Elementary School, Hess Upper Grade | ||||||
| 10 | Center, and Farragut High School; while at Hess, he was | ||||||
| 11 | inspired by civil rights activist Al Raby and teacher Warner | ||||||
| 12 | Sanders; after graduating from Farragut in 1966, he got married | ||||||
| 13 | and was hired by Commonwealth Edison that same year; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, John Hooker began his career at ComEd in the | ||||||
| 15 | company mailroom, where he learned as much as possible about | ||||||
| 16 | the company; he steadily ascended through the ranks, from clerk | ||||||
| 17 | typist to time keeper to material clerk; by 1974, he was | ||||||
| 18 | promoted to the position of human relations representative; in | ||||||
| 19 | 1976, he began working in the marketing department, where he | ||||||
| 20 | was promoted to director of marketing for Bolingbrook and the | ||||||
| 21 | western suburbs in 1984; in 1987, he became the ComEd liaison | ||||||
| 22 | to the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and the Chicago | ||||||
| 23 | City Hall; in 1990, he earned his bachelor's degree from | ||||||
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| 1 | Chicago State University and helped found the Exelon African | ||||||
| 2 | American Members Association (EAAMA); during this time, he | ||||||
| 3 | served as area manager for ComEd in the western Chicago suburbs | ||||||
| 4 | and director of external affairs; in 1995, he was named | ||||||
| 5 | director of governmental affairs, which enabled him to | ||||||
| 6 | influence the passage of the Illinois Consumer Choice Law of | ||||||
| 7 | 1997; he was then promoted to vice president of property | ||||||
| 8 | management for Exelon Energy Delivery; in 2000, he became an | ||||||
| 9 | officer of ComEd; in 2004, he was appointed senior vice | ||||||
| 10 | president of Commonwealth Edison; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, John Hooker was a 1994 participant in Leadership | ||||||
| 12 | Greater Chicago; he serves on several boards, including the | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago State University Foundation, the Peoples Consumer | ||||||
| 14 | Cooperative, the Safer Foundation, Junior Achievement, and the | ||||||
| 15 | African American Initiative; he is a member of the American | ||||||
| 16 | Association of Blacks in Energy and Chicago University's | ||||||
| 17 | Business Hall of Fame Committee; he is also involved in the | ||||||
| 18 | Chicago Public School's Youth Motivation program; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, John Hooker and his loving wife, Kim, live in | ||||||
| 20 | Chicago; the couple has 3 adult children; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, John Hooker serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
| 22 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
| 23 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate John T. Hooker on the occasion of winning the | ||||||
| 4 | Circle of Friends Award and wish him continued success and | ||||||
| 5 | happiness in the future; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to John Hooker as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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