Full Text of SR0061 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Dan Gallagher on being elected as the new chief | 4 | | executive officer of Gallagher Asphalt Corporation in 2023; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher has been in paving most of his | 7 | | life; he began his career at Gallagher Asphalt Corporation in | 8 | | Thornton in 1987 as a third generation family member; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher is active in the Association of | 10 | | Asphalt Paving Technologists and the Illinois Asphalt Pavement | 11 | | Association, where he served as president; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher is a past chairman of the National | 13 | | Center for Asphalt Technology and was the chairman of the | 14 | | National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) in 2017; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher serves on the Sustainability | 16 | | Committee at NAPA and is a recognized leader in infrastructure | 17 | | and transportation; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher understands that the foundation for | 19 | | economic development rests on the quality of the entire | 20 | | transportation system; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher served on the Peoria Sustainability | 2 | | Commission as a long-standing member and as an advocate for | 3 | | permeable pavement in conjunction with the Combined Sewer | 4 | | Overflow (CSO) project; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher serves on the diversity and | 6 | | executive boards of the Innovations Conference on | 7 | | Infrastructure and offers significant support to minority and | 8 | | women-owned business enterprises; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher has worked closely with Dr. | 10 | | Al-Khafaji on the International Construction Innovations | 11 | | Conference (ICIC 2004 and ICIC 2006), ICAT conferences, and | 12 | | the Innovations Conference on Infrastructure; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, For over a decade, Dan Gallagher served as the | 14 | | vice chair of the Sustainable Funding of Infrastructure Group | 15 | | of Illinois (SFIG), formed by past Illinois Senate President | 16 | | John Cullerton; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, For the past two decades, Dan Gallagher worked | 18 | | with Dr. Amir Al-Khafaji to determine the annual guest list | 19 | | for the executive summits that brought world-class leaders | 20 | | from business, legislatures, government, and education to | 21 | | address the major problems facing the infrastructure industry; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher traveled with Dr. Al-Khafaji as a | 3 | | speaker at an international conference in Egypt to present an | 4 | | article on funding sources of infrastructure in Illinois and a | 5 | | second article on funding of infrastructure at the federal | 6 | | level; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher supported minority students, | 8 | | minority businesses, and the conferences led by Dr. Al-Khafaji | 9 | | that became premier events where leaders gathered to build new | 10 | | relationships and partnerships to help the State of Illinois | 11 | | and the United States; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The many conferences Dan Gallagher supported | 13 | | attracted such guests as the Prime Minister of Egypt, the | 14 | | President of the Illinois Senate, the Governor of Illinois, | 15 | | the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the Illinois Secretary | 16 | | of Transportation, the Chicago Commissioner of Aviation, the | 17 | | Chairman of the Illinois Tollway Authority, and CEOs of some | 18 | | of the largest companies in the world; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, For more than a decade, Dan Gallagher worked with | 20 | | Dr. Al-Khafaji to focus on the Illinois Capital Infrastructure | 21 | | funding with senators, house members, governors, and CEOs of | 22 | | major companies, including Caterpillar Inc., which helped |
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| 1 | | produce the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois Capital bill in 2019; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher received the Sustainability Award | 4 | | from the executive board of the ICAT conference that was | 5 | | presented by then Illinois Senate President John Cullerton in | 6 | | 2018; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher is grateful for the love and | 8 | | support he has received from his family and especially his | 9 | | wife, Sarah, his daughter, Janie, his son, Donald, his son, | 10 | | William, his brother, Patrick, and his sisters, Peggy, Kerry, | 11 | | Mary, Collen, and Katie; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher earned a Bachelor of Science in | 13 | | Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University; therefore, be | 14 | | it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dan | 17 | | Gallagher on being elected as the new chief executive officer | 18 | | of Gallagher Asphalt Corporation and thank him for his service | 19 | | to the citizens of the State of Illinois, especially minority | 20 | | students, and for his work to make our country a better place | 21 | | for all; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dan Gallagher as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect for his work.
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