Full Text of HR0815 96th General Assembly
HR0815 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Louis Mervis on the | 4 |
| occasion of his retirement from the Provena United Samaritans | 5 |
| Medical Center Board of Trustees after 6 years of distinguished | 6 |
| service; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis graduated from Danville High School | 8 |
| with the Class of 1952; in 1956, he graduated from Indiana | 9 |
| University with a bachelor's degree in business; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis serves as Chief Executive Officer and | 11 |
| President of Mervis Industries, a corporation made up of 17 | 12 |
| divisions and 11 affiliated companies in the United States and | 13 |
| Mexico; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis has been an active member of numerous | 15 |
| civic and charitable organizations; in 1977, he served as | 16 |
| general chairman of the Danville area United Way campaign; he | 17 |
| is a past member of the Illinois Human Relations Commission; he | 18 |
| is a former chairman of the Illinois Board of the | 19 |
| Anti-Defamation League; he served as Director of the Danville | 20 |
| Chamber of Commerce; he was a three-term president of | 21 |
| Congregation Israel; he served on the Board of Directors of the | 22 |
| Danville Little League organization; he was a member of the |
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| Schlarman Foundation and the Greater Danville Development | 2 |
| Corporation; he was a founding member and past chairman of the | 3 |
| Danville Area Economic Development Corporation and was active | 4 |
| with the Gifted Children's Program of Vermilion County; he was | 5 |
| a member of the Palmer National Bank Board of Directors and the | 6 |
| Old National Bancorp Board of Directors; he was also a former | 7 |
| president of the Chicago Chapter of the Institute of Scrap | 8 |
| Recycling Industries; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis has been active in State and local | 10 |
| government; he was a member of Governor Jim Thompson's | 11 |
| final-term transition team and Governor Jim Edgar's first-term | 12 |
| transition team; he was a member of the District 118 Board of | 13 |
| Education for 6 years, serving as president for 3 of those | 14 |
| years; he was a past chairman of the DHS Advisory Council; he | 15 |
| also served as chairman of the Danville Zoning and Planning | 16 |
| Commissions; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis was a past chairman and 17-year | 18 |
| member of the Illinois State Board of Education; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis has been the recipient of numerous | 20 |
| awards and accolades; in 1966, he was the recipient of the | 21 |
| Jaycee Distinguished Service Award; in 1979, he received the | 22 |
| "First Citizen Award" from the American Business Club; in 1988, | 23 |
| he was the recipient of the first Excellence in Leadership |
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| award from Leadership Danville; in 1999, he was the recipient | 2 |
| of the Rotary Club's Vocational Service Person of the Year | 3 |
| award; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis and his wife, Sybil, have 5 children | 5 |
| and 6 grandchildren; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Louis Mervis serves as a model of hard work, | 7 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 8 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate Louis Mervis on the occasion of his retirement and | 12 |
| wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Louis Mervis as a symbol of our esteem and | 16 |
| respect.
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