Full Text of HR0498 94th General Assembly
HR0498 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Jerry O. Branson, Business Manager and Financial | 3 |
| Secretary of IBEW Local 461, is retiring on July 5, 2005; a | 4 |
| retirement party honoring his years of dedication and service | 5 |
| will be held on Friday, June 17, 2005; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Branson is a lifelong resident of Illinois; he | 7 |
| attended Batavia High School, where he was quite the athlete | 8 |
| and was captain of the football team, played basketball, and | 9 |
| was a member of the track team; during his sophomore year, he | 10 |
| began dating the love of his life, Marge, whom he married in | 11 |
| 1963, and is still happily married to today; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, After high school, Mr. Branson attended Barber | 13 |
| College in Chicago and then worked as a barber until 1972; at | 14 |
| that time, he and Marge were raising their three young boys, | 15 |
| and he realized he needed to switch careers; he chose to follow | 16 |
| in the footsteps of his father, an IBEW Local 461 electrician; | 17 |
| after a stint working with concrete to get a feel for | 18 |
| construction work, he started working as an electrician in the | 19 |
| Local; it took six years to become a journeyman wireman, and he | 20 |
| was initiated as such
into IBEW Local 461 on July 1, 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Branson was appointed to the IBEW Local 461 | 22 |
| Executive Board in 1986; in 1987, he was elected to the seat of | 23 |
| Vice President of the Local, and in the same year, he was | 24 |
| appointed to Assistant Business Manager; he served as both for | 25 |
| the next nine years; in 1996, he ran for and won the position | 26 |
| of Business Manager; he ran and won again in 1999 and 2002; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, While serving as Business Manager, Mr. Branson was | 28 |
| also a delegate to the IBEW International Convention in 1996 | 29 |
| and 2001; he has attended nearly every conference the IBEW has | 30 |
| scheduled in his 9 years as Business Manager, and several while | 31 |
| he was Assistant Business Manager, including the semiannual |
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| IBEW State conferences, IBEW 6th District conferences, and | 2 |
| those involving the issues of Training, Organizing, | 3 |
| Telecommunications, Construction, and Employee Benefits; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Branson serves on numerous boards of IBEW | 5 |
| Local 461, including the Health & Welfare and Pension Trust | 6 |
| Funds on which he is the Administrator and Secretary, the Joint | 7 |
| Apprenticeship Training Committee, and the Audit Committee; he | 8 |
| also regularly attends meetings of the Fox Valley Building | 9 |
| Trades and in 1999 and 2000 was its Treasurer; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Branson has served with dignity and grace | 11 |
| under pressure and has always done his best to improve the | 12 |
| working conditions and the lives of the members he so dutifully | 13 |
| serves; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Branson has been a member of the United | 15 |
| Methodist Church for over 40 years and is a longtime member of | 16 |
| the Batavia Moose; in his free time, he enjoys bowling, | 17 |
| fishing, gardening, traveling, and driving his convertible, | 18 |
| but his family will always be his top priority; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, In addition to his dear wife and three sons, he | 20 |
| has three daughters-in-law and eight beloved grandchildren; he | 21 |
| is a dedicated family man and an outstanding individual; | 22 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 24 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 25 |
| we congratulate Jerry Branson on the occasion of his retirement | 26 |
| and wish him all the best in the years ahead; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to Mr. Branson as an expression of our respect and | 29 |
| esteem.
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