Full Text of HR0325 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in | 4 | | the lives of Illinois citizens; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Doug Wilson is retiring as Mayor of the City of | 6 | | Henry after eight years of municipal service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Wilson, an Ohio native, received his formal | 8 | | education in Ohio; he graduated from Buckeye High School in | 9 | | York, Ohio; he graduated as a Diesel Engine Technician from | 10 | | Ohio Diesel Technical Institute in 1983; he furthered his | 11 | | education at the University of Akron, where he graduated Cum | 12 | | Laude and received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical | 13 | | Engineering in 1998; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After his graduation in 1998, Mayor Wilson moved | 15 | | to Illinois, where he began working as a Test Center Engineer | 16 | | at Caterpillar; during his 21 years at Caterpillar, he has held | 17 | | many leadership positions, most notably as a Multiple Project | 18 | | Manager and a Diesel Engine Technical Trouble Shooter & Complex | 19 | | Issue Problem Solver; he has obtained three U.S. Patents, | 20 | | including one that is still current; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Wilson was elected 2nd Ward Alderman for the |
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| 1 | | City of Henry in 2011; he was elected Mayor of the City of | 2 | | Henry in 2014; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Leading the City of Henry, Mayor Wilson worked | 4 | | successfully to eliminate the sewer debt that had been looming | 5 | | over the town; he focused on keeping the City of Henry peaceful | 6 | | and friendly; foremost, he drove the Henry Port Project, which | 7 | | brought industrial development to the area; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Wilson looks forward to retiring in Southern | 9 | | Ohio with his wife, Romanita, on the seven-acre rural site he | 10 | | purchased in 1985; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Mayor Doug Wilson on the occasion of his | 14 | | retirement and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; | 15 | | and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Mayor Wilson as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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