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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate  R.E. "Rick" Szalach on the 
4occasion of his retirement as the Refinery Manager of the Exxon 
5Mobil Corporation's Joliet Refinery; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Rick Szalach first joined the Mobil Oil Company in 
7Buffalo, New York as a project engineer in May of 1979; he 
8subsequently progressed through a number of engineering and 
9supervisory positions with the company in Buffalo and Beaumont, 
10Texas before being appointed as Assistant Manager at the 
11Central Service Maintenance Department at the Paulsboro 
12Refinery in 1988; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Rick Szalach served the  Mobil Oil Company in 
14several capacities; he was named as Maintenance Manager at the 
15Paulsboro Refinery in 1994, serving there until his return to 
16the Beaumont Refinery as Production Manager in 1997; in 2000, 
17he was appointed as Process Manager of Beaumont Refinery, where 
18he served until he was selected to serve as the  Americas 
19Product Optimization Manager of Global Logistics Optimization 
20in Fairfax, Virginia; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, In 2005, Rick Szalach was named Refinery Manager 
22of the Joliet Refinery; he served in that position until his 
 
 
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1retirement from the Exxon Mobil Corporation; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Rick Szalach is well known for his extensive and 
3impressive educational background and his keen business 
4acumen; he earned his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical 
5Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his 
6Master of Science in Engineering and Business Management from 
7Lamar University; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Rick Szalach shares this honor with his wife, 
9Stephanie, and his daughters; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
12we congratulate R.E. "Rick" Szalach on the occasion of his 
13retirement as the Refinery Manager of the Exxon Mobil 
14Corporation's Joliet Refinery and wish him the best in all his 
15future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to Rick Szalach as an expression of our esteem and 
18respect.