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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in the lives of
4 Illinois citizens; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Vincent J. Trosino joined State Farm Insurance
6 Companies in 1962 in the Pennsylvania regional office, moving
7 to the home office in Bloomington, Illinois in 1967, and being
8 named Director of Home Office Personnel Relations in 1972; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino served as division manager and deputy
10 regional vice president in the Southern California regional
11 office through 1980, later being named Regional Vice President
12 for the Northeastern regional office in 1981; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino was elected Vice President in the
14 President's Office in 1986, rising to Executive Vice President
15 in 1987, Chief Operating Officer for State Farm Mutual in 1991,
16 Vice Chairman in 1994, and President in 1998; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino now serves as President, Vice
18 Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer for State Farm Mutual
19 Automobile Insurance Company, in addition to Vice Chairman of
20 the Board of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, and State
21 Farm Life Insurance Company; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino is a member of the board of directors
23 and executive committees of State Farm General Insurance, State
24 Farm Lloyds, Inc., State Farm Life and Accident Assurance, and
25 Slate Farm Annuity and Life Insurance companies, as well as the
26 State Farm Investment Management Corporation, and State Farm
27 International Services, Inc., and the executive committees of
28 State Farm Mutual and State Farm Fire and Casualty; and
 
29     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino received a Bachelor's degree from

 

 

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1 Villanova University, and a Master's degree from Illinois State
2 University, where he later taught human resources management;
3 and
 
4     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino has dedicated his time and talents
5 outside State Farm as well, by being elected to the Brookings
6 Institution Board of Trustees, serving on the executive
7 committee and the budget and finance committee, joining the
8 Board of Directors of the Insurance Information Institute in
9 2002, and serving on the Board of Directors of Vulcan Materials
10 Company beginning in 2003; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino is past chairman of the Board of
12 Trustees of the American Institute for CPCU, the Insurance
13 Institute of America, and the Insurance Institute for Applied
14 Ethics; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino's civic work continued through an
16 appointment to the Judicial Inquiry Board in 1992 by former
17 Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, serving as a member of the board
18 of directors and executive committee of the American Judicature
19 Society, and being named to the board of directors of the
20 National Italian American Foundation; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino's commitment to education has been
22 demonstrated by his service on the Illinois State University
23 Foundation Board of Directors from 1989 to 1997, and as
24 chairman from 1993 to 1997, in addition to service on the
25 Villanova University College of Commerce and Finance Board of
26 Advisors; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Mr. Trosino's outstanding public service has been
28 recognized through his work with the Children's Foundation of
29 McLean County, the honor of receiving the Distinguished Alumni
30 Award by the College of Arts and Science at Villanova
31 University, induction into the Arts and Science Hall of Fame at

 

 

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1 Illinois State University, and receiving the 2001 Joseph
2 Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of the Year Award; therefore,
3 be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6 we congratulate Vincent J. Trosino on his retirement from State
7 Farm Insurance Companies; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Vincent J. Trosino.