Full Text of HR1266 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives are pleased | 3 | | to honor W. "Bill" Williams, Jr. on his work with the Chicago | 4 | | Convention and Tourism Bureau and his life's achievements; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Williams, Jr. currently serves as Vice | 6 | | President for Diversity/Sales of the Chicago Convention and | 7 | | Tourism Bureau; he has been with the CCTB for more than 3 | 8 | | decades covering the Social, Military, Education/Ethnic, | 9 | | Religious, and Fraternal Market (SMERF), and is a veteran of | 10 | | over 40 years in the hospitality industry; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bill Williams, Jr. is a founding board member of | 12 | | the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners and the | 13 | | Chicago Chapter of the Society of Government Meeting | 14 | | Professionals; he is a member of Who's Who Among Black | 15 | | Americans, Who's Who Black Chicago, and holds memberships in a | 16 | | number of other organizations, including the Religious | 17 | | Conference Management Association, International Association | 18 | | of Hispanic Meeting Professionals, Rainbow Push Coalition, | 19 | | president of the Rat Pack Chicago, former Grand Marketing | 20 | | Director of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the | 21 | | Elks of the Community Action, and board member of the Shoop | 22 | | School 49ers's; he is on the board of trustees of the Chicago | 23 | | Baptist Institute, a board member of the Academy of Travel and |
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| 1 | | Tourism for the Chicago Public Schools, and is a member of the | 2 | | City Club of Chicago; he was recently elected as one of 50 men | 3 | | of excellence by a poll of the Chicago Defender Newspaper; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Bill Williams, Jr. is nationally recognized as a | 5 | | leader in the cause of furthering racial equality and | 6 | | opportunity in the convention and tourism industry; he is a | 7 | | mentor to many people in the hospitality industry and has had a | 8 | | tremendous impact on the economic growth and development of | 9 | | Chicago's hospitality industry; he is the senior African | 10 | | American in the U.S. in the convention bureau industry; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bill Williams, Jr. was born in the Morgan Park | 12 | | community of Chicago, where he has a street dedicated in his | 13 | | honor and he is active in the betterment of his community; he | 14 | | founded the Morgan Park Shoe Repair and Shine Parlor, now | 15 | | called K & J Shoe Repair, and Shine Parlors and is more than | 16 | | two decades old; it is an international company that provides | 17 | | part-time employment for more than 30 people; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bill Williams, Jr. received his business degree | 19 | | from Chicago State University; he has been married to Sylester | 20 | | Tillman Williams for 47 years and is father to Karen, Kevin, | 21 | | and Keyth; he is a grandfather and lifelong member of Mt. | 22 | | Calvary Baptist Church; he is a member of the Montford Point | 23 | | Marines, Alpha Psi Fraternity, and the Quarter Century Club of |
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| 1 | | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; he is a 33rd degree Mason and a | 2 | | Shriner; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we honor Bill Williams, Jr. on his time with the Chicago | 6 | | Convention and Tourism Bureau and his life's achievements; and | 7 | | be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Bill Williams, Jr. as an expression of our esteem | 10 | | and respect.
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