Full Text of HR0531 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate David F. Vite on | 4 | | his retirement as President and Chief Executive Officer of the | 5 | | Illinois Retail Merchants Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Retail Merchants Association is the | 7 | | statewide professional organization for retailing and a voice | 8 | | of the business community in State government, representing | 9 | | more than 23,000 stores of all sizes and merchandise lines | 10 | | across Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, David Vite joined the Illinois Retail Merchants | 12 | | Association in 1978 as a Field Representative; during his | 13 | | career with the Association, he held the positions of Manager | 14 | | Member Relations, Vice President Government Affairs in 1981, | 15 | | and Executive Vice President in 1983; in May 1985, he became | 16 | | President; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, As the Illinois Retail Merchants Association's | 18 | | chief lobbyist, David Vite directed all legislative and | 19 | | governmental affairs activities and served as liaison for | 20 | | members of the Association with elected officials and | 21 | | administrative, department, and agency representatives; he was | 22 | | named "Best Business Lobbyist" by Crain's Chicago Business; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Vite served as a member of the Employment | 2 | | Security Advisory Board for more than 20 years and under 5 | 3 | | Illinois governors; he also served on the Workers' Compensation | 4 | | Advisory Board and on the Board of Directors and Executive | 5 | | Committee of the National Retail Federation for 2 years; he | 6 | | chaired the National Association of State Retail Association | 7 | | Executives for one term, and in 2002, he served as the Speaker | 8 | | of the Illinois Third House; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, David Vite has taken part in negotiations on some | 10 | | of the most historic issues facing the State of Illinois; in | 11 | | 1988, he and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association helped | 12 | | reform Illinois tax laws and, in 1997, he was chosen by the | 13 | | Legislative Caucus Chairs to facilitate discussions on | 14 | | electric deregulation, one of the State's most comprehensive | 15 | | pieces of legislation in decades; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, David Vite has devoted much of his life to serving | 17 | | the public interest; he served on the school board of St. | 18 | | Mary's Elementary School in Woodstock for 5 years and as | 19 | | Chairman for 2 years; he spent 8 years on the Memorial Hospital | 20 | | of McHenry County Board of Directors from 1989-1997, holding | 21 | | the position of Board Chairman for 3 years; he also served on | 22 | | the Centegra Health System Board of Directors for 2 years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Vite is a United States Army veteran; he and | 2 | | his wife, Jane, have 2 daughters, Amanda and Gretchen; he is a | 3 | | graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, David Vite will be recognized by the Illinois | 5 | | Retail Merchants Association as the "2013 Retailer of the Year" | 6 | | at the Holiday Inn-Merchandise Mart in Chicago on September 18, | 7 | | 2013; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate David F. Vite on his retirement from the | 11 | | Illinois Retail Merchants Association after 35 years of | 12 | | service, 28 of those years as President, and we wish him the | 13 | | best in all his future endeavours; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to David Vite as an expression of our esteem and | 16 | | respect.
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