Full Text of SR0059 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Dan Meckes on becoming the fifth board chair in | 4 | | the 76th year history of Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. (CMT), | 5 | | where he will be responsible for the strategic direction of | 6 | | the firm; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes served as the president and chief | 8 | | executive officer of CMT; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes will reach his 40th year of service | 10 | | with CMT in 2023; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Under Dan Meckes' leadership, CMT was recognized | 12 | | as the 2014 Engineering News Records Midwest Design Firm of | 13 | | the Year; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, CMT was also recognized with the honor of | 15 | | receiving Consultant of the Year in 2013 from MoDOT's External | 16 | | Civil Rights Division and, in 2012, was recognized by the | 17 | | Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce as one of three recipients | 18 | | of the Outstanding Business of the Year; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes helped secure several projects for CMT | 20 | | through the Illinois tollways after years of drought by |
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| 1 | | building positive relationships and highlighting the special | 2 | | qualities that CMT offers; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes navigated CMT to new heights through | 4 | | disciplined expansions, remarkable leadership, personal | 5 | | integrity, kindness, interpersonal skills, and profound | 6 | | stature; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes was named the 2012 Outstanding | 8 | | Engineer in Private Practice by the St. Louis Chapter of the | 9 | | Missouri Society of Professional Engineers; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes was named the 2019 Sustainability | 11 | | Award Winner by the ICAT Executive Board; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes serves on the diversity and executive | 13 | | boards of the Innovations Conference on Infrastructure and | 14 | | offers significant support to minority and women-owned | 15 | | business enterprises; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, For the past decade, Dan Meckes worked with Dr. | 17 | | Amir Al-Khafaji to determine the annual guest list for the | 18 | | executive summit that brought together world-class leaders | 19 | | from business, legislatures, government, and education to | 20 | | address major problems facing the infrastructure industry; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, For over a decade, Dan Meckes chaired the | 2 | | Sustainable Funding of Infrastructure Group of Illinois | 3 | | ($FIG), which was formed by past Illinois Senate President | 4 | | John Cullerton; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes traveled with Dr. Al-Khafaji as a | 6 | | speaker at an international conference in Egypt to present an | 7 | | article on funding sources of infrastructure in Illinois and a | 8 | | second article on funding of infrastructure at the U.S. | 9 | | federal level; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes was called "Dr. Meckes" because of the | 11 | | quality of his presentations in Egypt; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, For more than a decade, Dan Meckes worked with | 13 | | Dr. Al-Khafaji to focus on Illinois infrastructure funding | 14 | | with senators, house members, governors, and CEOs of major | 15 | | companies, including Caterpillar Inc., and these efforts | 16 | | helped produce the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois Capital Plan | 17 | | in 2019; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes supported minority students, minority | 19 | | businesses, and the conferences led by Dr. Al-Khafaji that | 20 | | became premier events where leaders gathered to build new | 21 | | relationships and partnerships to help the State of Illinois | 22 | | and the United States; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes supported Dr. Al-Khafaji's many | 2 | | conferences, which attracted such guests as the Prime Minister | 3 | | of Egypt, the President of the Illinois Senate, the Governor | 4 | | of Illinois, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the | 5 | | Illinois Secretary of Transportation, the Chicago Commissioner | 6 | | of Aviation, the Chairman of the Illinois Tollway Authority, | 7 | | and CEOs of some of the largest companies in the world; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes was recently elected to serve as a | 9 | | 2023-2025 national officer with the American Council of | 10 | | Engineering Companies (ACEC), the oldest and largest | 11 | | professional trade organization of engineering companies; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes and his fellow officers-elect will | 13 | | begin their terms at ACEC's 2023 Spring Convention and | 14 | | Legislative Summit, slated for a June convening in Washington, | 15 | | D.C.; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes served as the chair of the American | 17 | | Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Missouri; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes currently serves on the Missouri | 19 | | Chamber Board of Directors and the Illinois Chamber PAC Board; | 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes is grateful for the love and support | 2 | | he received from his family and especially his wife, Heidi, | 3 | | his daughter, Justine Greever, his son-in-law, Josiah Greever, | 4 | | his brother, Bob, and his brother's wife, Melissa, his sister, | 5 | | Jane, and his sister's husband, Kevin Alberts, and his mother, | 6 | | Ann Meckes; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes is a licensed professional engineer in | 8 | | Illinois and Missouri; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dan Meckes earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil | 10 | | Engineering from Marquette University; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dan | 13 | | Meckes on becoming the fifth board chair of Crawford, Murphy & | 14 | | Tilly, Inc. and thank him for his service to the citizens of | 15 | | the State of Illinois, especially minority students, and for | 16 | | his work to make our country a better place for all; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That that a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Dan Meckes as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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