Full Text of HR0042 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Lourdes F. Díaz was born on the 13th day of | 3 | | February in the year nineteen hundred and sixty one in the | 4 | | great City of Chicago, being as such a proud daughter of our | 5 | | State's largest metropolis; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Díaz's parents, Mr. Frank Diaz and Mrs. | 7 | | Aurelia Claudio, emigrated to the United States from the island | 8 | | of Puerto Rico during the 1950s, settled in Chicago, married | 9 | | and had four children in the city's ethnic milieu, both in | 10 | | Pilsen as well as the Northeast Side; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Diaz-Claudio family are fine, long-standing | 12 | | citizens of our State and have contributed to our common | 13 | | well-being with their hard work and outstanding citizenship, | 14 | | embodying and enriching one of the great pillars of our | 15 | | country: the coming together of people from every corner of the | 16 | | planet into a single, thriving America; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Lourdes Diaz has carried on that tradition in | 18 | | her own life and work, having graduated with distinction from | 19 | | Holy Family High School and Loyola University in Chicago, | 20 | | moving on to a successful career in banking, real estate, and | 21 | | diversity in several cities and companies across the United | 22 | | States, and building her own family of four with husband Juan |
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| 1 | | Carlos Diaz, son Franco, and daughter Briana; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Diaz has become known as an exemplary woman | 3 | | and Hispanic executive, using her position in the corporate | 4 | | world to promote and create boundless opportunities and full | 5 | | equality for women and Hispanics in business and society; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, To achieve this high and noble objective, Mrs. | 7 | | Diaz has joined numerous civic and business organizations and | 8 | | has been recognized by the media for outstanding results in her | 9 | | advocacy and her work; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In her current capacity as Vice President of | 11 | | Diversity Relations for the Sodexo Corporation in Washington, | 12 | | D.C., Mrs. Diaz leads a unique, pioneering and laudable | 13 | | outreach effort aimed at women, minority, LGBT, and other | 14 | | minority business suppliers in the City of Chicago, as well as | 15 | | minority and community organizations in the city, with the | 16 | | intent of integrating them all into Sodexo's growth, and thus | 17 | | provide opportunities for them to prosper and fulfill the true | 18 | | calling of the American Dream; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, As she turns 50, Mrs. Diaz looks ahead to an even | 20 | | bigger and brighter role in her endless determination to | 21 | | achieve proportional growth and prosperity for women, | 22 | | Hispanics, and other minorities in our great land, all the |
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| 1 | | while delivering significant value and results to the entities | 2 | | in which she works, be they corporate or non-profit; therefore, | 3 | | be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate Mrs. Lourdes Diaz on her 50th birthday; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Mrs. Lourdes Diaz as a symbol of our respect and | 10 | | esteem.
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