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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are honored to congratulate Gordon M. Walker on
4the occasion of his retirement as Chief Executive Officer of
5Pekin Insurance in Pekin; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Gordon Walker was born on April 6, 1948; his
7parents are Oscar E. and Margaret Davis Walker; he married
8Carol J. Meints on December 1, 1973; they currently reside in
9Groveland; he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from
10Jacksonville College in Jacksonville in 1970; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Gordon Walker began his career with Pekin
12Insurance in 1970 as an assistant bond manager in the Surety
13and Fidelity Bond Department; in 1972, he transferred to
14Indiana as a field trainee and later worked as a field manager
15in Effingham and Cedar Rapids, Iowa; in July of 1984, he was
16transferred to the Home Office to work as a property/casualty
17marketing coordinator; in 1985, he was promoted to Staff
18Management status and was named a sales manager; in January of
191998, he was promoted to vice president of sales; in 2003, he
20was elected senior vice president of all Pekin Insurance
21companies and chief operating officer of the property/casualty
22companies; in 2006, he was promoted to president and chief
23operating officer of the property/casualty companies; he has

 

 

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1served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2005; in
2March of 2008, he was elected Chief Executive Officer and
3Chairman of the Board of Pekin Insurance; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Gordon Walker retired as Chief Executive Officer
5of Pekin Insurance on February 11, 2014, but will remain as
6Chairman of the Board of Directors until February of 2015; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Gordon Walker has been a strong supporter of the
8insurance industry and has been actively involved with numerous
9insurance organizations, including the Professional
10Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois and the Illinois
11Insurance Association; pursuing professionalism in his career,
12he earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter
13professional designation in 1995; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Gordon Walker has always held great interest in
15community life; he is currently serving on the Board of
16Directors of Herget Bank, N.A. and the Pekin Police Foundation;
17his private generosities and strong devotion to the St. Jude
18Midwest Affiliate were instrumental in the development of the
19Pekin Insurance Birdies for St. Jude program; in February of
202014, he began lending his energies, expertise, and talents as
21a member of the St. Jude Board of Directors; therefore, be it
 
22    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2we congratulate Gordon M. Walker on the occasion of his
3retirement as Chief Executive Officer of Pekin Insurance and
4thank him for his nearly 43 years of dedicated service and
5leadership to the Pekin Insurance companies; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Gordon Walker as an expression of our esteem and
8respect.