HR0762 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate R.E. "Rick" Szalach on the occasion of his retirement as the Refinery Manager of the Exxon Mobil Corporation's Joliet Refinery; and

WHEREAS, Rick Szalach first joined the Mobil Oil Company in Buffalo, New York as a project engineer in May of 1979; he subsequently progressed through a number of engineering and supervisory positions with the company in Buffalo and Beaumont, Texas before being appointed as Assistant Manager at the Central Service Maintenance Department at the Paulsboro Refinery in 1988; and

WHEREAS, Rick Szalach served the Mobil Oil Company in several capacities; he was named as Maintenance Manager at the Paulsboro Refinery in 1994, serving there until his return to the Beaumont Refinery as Production Manager in 1997; in 2000, he was appointed as Process Manager of Beaumont Refinery, where he served until he was selected to serve as the Americas Product Optimization Manager of Global Logistics Optimization in Fairfax, Virginia; and

WHEREAS, In 2005, Rick Szalach was named Refinery Manager of the Joliet Refinery; he served in that position until his retirement from the Exxon Mobil Corporation; and

WHEREAS, Rick Szalach is well known for his extensive and impressive educational background and his keen business acumen; he earned his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his Master of Science in Engineering and Business Management from Lamar University; and

WHEREAS, Rick Szalach shares this honor with his wife, Stephanie, and his daughters; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate R.E. "Rick" Szalach on the occasion of his retirement as the Refinery Manager of the Exxon Mobil Corporation's Joliet Refinery and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Rick Szalach as an expression of our esteem and respect.