Full Text of HR0750 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ralph Pechanio on | 4 | | receiving the 2017 Chairman's Award from the Elmhurst Chamber | 5 | | of Commerce and Industry; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Pechanio has been an active Chamber member | 7 | | for 45 years and has served tenures as Chair, as Treasurer, and | 8 | | three terms as an elected Director; in 2017, he served as the | 9 | | appointed Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the third | 10 | | straight year; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Pechanio is a touchstone through which | 12 | | multiple generations of businesspeople, civic leaders, and | 13 | | community volunteers have connected; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Pechanio has served the business and civic | 15 | | communities by chairing the Elmhurst Veterans Memorial | 16 | | Commission and co-chairing the Elmhurst Memorial Day Parade | 17 | | Committee; as the Fundraising Chairman, he played an integral | 18 | | role in the building of the Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park; | 19 | | he has also remained the primary donor to both the Ralph P. | 20 | | Endowment Student Internship Fund and non-endowed student | 21 | | internship fund at Elmhurst College; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Pechanio was inducted into the Elmhurst | 2 | | Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Civic Hall of Fame in 2015; | 3 | | he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Elmhurst | 4 | | Jaycees in 2001, the Good Works Award from the Elmhurst Chamber | 5 | | of Commerce and Industry in 2009, and the Community Service | 6 | | Award from the Elmhurst College Bluejay Backers in 2014; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Pechanio graduated from DePaul University | 8 | | with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, with a major in | 9 | | accounting, in 1963; he served in the United States Army from | 10 | | 1965 until 1967; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Pechanio's banking career included 23 years | 12 | | at the former Elmhurst Federal Savings Bank, where he worked as | 13 | | a Controller, Vice President and Treasurer, and then as Chief | 14 | | Financial Officer; prior to Elmhurst Federal, he served as a | 15 | | Savings and Loan Examiner at the State of Illinois' Department | 16 | | of Financial Institutions; he and his wife, Georgette, have | 17 | | resided in Elmhurst since their marriage in 1969; therefore, be | 18 | | it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | congratulate Ralph Pechanio on receiving the 2017 Chairman's | 22 | | Award, and we recognize his dedication to volunteering and | 23 | | appreciate his contributions to promoting an environment that |
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| 1 | | creates success for businesses in Illinois; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Ralph Pechanio as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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