Full Text of HR0752 95th General Assembly
HR0752 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives have learned that Michael Skarr, who has served | 4 |
| as President & CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce | 5 |
| since 1996, will retire from that position at the end of 2007; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Under Michael Skarr's leadership the Naperville | 8 |
| Area Chamber of Commerce's Membership has nearly doubled and | 9 |
| its financial fortunes have brightened considerably; he | 10 |
| oversaw the organization's relocation to its modern | 11 |
| headquarters in the Main Street Promenade, its move to a new | 12 |
| Membership model, its receipt of Five-Star Accreditation from | 13 |
| the United States Chamber of Commerce, and the recent strategic | 14 |
| planning initiative, Chamber 2020; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr received an engineering degree from | 16 |
| Marquette University and an MBA from Lewis University; he also | 17 |
| graduated from the Middle Management Development Program at | 18 |
| Aurora University, where he received their Outstanding | 19 |
| Performance Award and Distinguished Alumni Award; he has served | 20 |
| as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Aurora University's Management | 21 |
| Development Center and at Lewis University; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr received a Distinguished Alumni |
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| Achievement Award in community service from Lewis University | 2 |
| and was recognized with their Distinguished Alumni Award, in | 3 |
| addition to currently serving as a member of the President's | 4 |
| Council; he was a recipient of the Naperville Jaycee's | 5 |
| Distinguished Service Award in business, the Illinois State | 6 |
| Crime Commission's Business Leader of the Year Award, the | 7 |
| DuPage Workforce Board's Business Leader Recognition Award, | 8 |
| and the Extraordinary Citizen Award from the Three Fires | 9 |
| Council Boy Scouts of America; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr served as a member of the Naperville | 11 |
| Community Unit School District 203 board of education and as | 12 |
| founding president of its Business & Education & Community | 13 |
| Partnership, and he was a founding member of the Illinois | 14 |
| Advisory Council on Business/Education Partnerships; he was | 15 |
| appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education by former | 16 |
| Governor Jim Edgar and served four years as chairperson; he has | 17 |
| served as a member of the Governor's Economic Development | 18 |
| Coordinating Council, the Joint Education Commission, and the | 19 |
| Illinois Human Resource Investment Council, where he served as | 20 |
| co-chair of the Illinois Education-To-Careers steering | 21 |
| committee; and he is also a board member of the DuPage | 22 |
| Workforce Board; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr has served as both president and a | 24 |
| founding member of the board of directors of the Naperville |
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| Development Partnership, a public/private economic development | 2 |
| not-for-profit corporation; he is also a founding Board member | 3 |
| of DuPageBiz, DuPage County's economic development | 4 |
| partnership; he serves on the Board of the World Trade Center | 5 |
| Illinois; he is chairman of the board of directors of the | 6 |
| Harris Bank Naperville and a member of the Center for | 7 |
| Applications-Based Learning board of directors; he is a past | 8 |
| President of the Naperville United Way and is a member of the | 9 |
| board of directors of the Millennium Carillon Foundation; he | 10 |
| serves as treasurer for the Transportation for Illinois | 11 |
| Coalition; he serves as a member of the Naperville Downtown | 12 |
| Plan Implementation Committee; and he has also served on the | 13 |
| Executive Committee of the Chicago Area Council Boy Scouts of | 14 |
| America; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr has had an extensive career for | 16 |
| NICOR Inc., a Fortune 500 energy holding company; he is also | 17 |
| President of Human Dynamics Associates; he has been appointed | 18 |
| to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Committee | 19 |
| of 100 (CCC100) and also served on the American Chamber of | 20 |
| Commerce Executives Board of Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr has been married to Mary Ann since | 22 |
| 1965; he is the proud father of Mike Jr., Mark, and Matt, and | 23 |
| the loving grandfather of Alex, Ryan, Ashley, Jack, Sarah, | 24 |
| Nolan, and Kaden; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Michael Skarr on his retirement and wish him the | 4 |
| best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to Michael Skarr as a symbol of our respect.
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