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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
3 was founded in 1994 and is a publicly and privately-supported
4 not-for-profit organization; it was created to significantly
5 raise Illinois worldwide competitiveness by improving the
6 performance of its institutions and businesses; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
8 has created an award patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige
9 National Quality Award; the award is an annual recognition of
10 Illinois organizations that have demonstrated exemplary
11 approach, deployment, and results in their overall quality
12 systems and processes; it is presented to organizations that
13 serve as role models for quality, customer satisfaction, and
14 performance excellence; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
16 has awarded the 2005 Lincoln Silver Award for Progress Towards
17 Excellence to the following organizations: Caterpillar Inc.,
18 Wheel Loader & Excavator Division in Aurora; the City of St.
19 Charles; Freeport School District #145; Memorial Health System
20 in Springfield; Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria;
21 Pekin Memorial Hospital; Robert Bosch, Automotive Aftermarket
22 Division in Broadview; the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System in
23 Mattoon; and St. Francis Hospital & Health Center in Blue
24 Island; and
 
25     WHEREAS, In addition, five other Illinois organizations
26 were recognized with the 2005 Lincoln Bronze Award for
27 Commitment to Excellence for their earnest efforts to adopt and
28 apply continuous improvement principles; these recipients
29 include Delta Dental of Illinois in Lisle; the Division of
30 Child Support Enforcement, Illinois Department of Healthcare &
31 Family Services, State of Illinois; Greenville Regional
32 Hospital; Kaskaskia College in Centralia; and St. James

 

 

HR1032 - 2 - LRB094 19530 HSS 55496 r

1 Hospital & Health Centers in Chicago Heights; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we recognize The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
5 and its efforts to assist Illinois organizations to strive for
6 performance excellence, and we thank each of the organizations
7 the Foundation has recognized for the devotion to excellence
8 they have demonstrated; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
11 and each 2005 Performance Excellence Award recipient as an
12 expression of our respect and esteem.