Full Text of HR0118 95th General Assembly
HR0118 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On March 5, 2007, James P. Ghiglieri II will be | 3 |
| installed as Chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of | 4 |
| America, the nation's largest association of community banks, | 5 |
| representing over 5,000 members in over 18,000 locations, and | 6 |
| employing over 260,000 people; and
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| WHEREAS, In his role as Chairman Mr. Ghiglieri will be the | 8 |
| top spokesman for the nation's community banks, fighting for | 9 |
| fair competition, diversification of financial resources, and | 10 |
| the viability of American communities; and
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| WHEREAS, In the year 1919, a young Italian immigrant named | 12 |
| Bernard (Barney) Ghiglieri, at the age of 24 established a | 13 |
| community bank in the coal mining town of Toluca, Illinois in | 14 |
| order to provide loans to the working class families of Toluca, | 15 |
| pooling their savings in order to make loans for them to | 16 |
| establish homes, raise families and start businesses, | 17 |
| obtaining credit based not just on their ability to pay, but | 18 |
| also on their character; and
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| WHEREAS, "Barney" Ghiglieri established his own roots in | 20 |
| the small and friendly town, raising his own family, including | 21 |
| a son, James I, who, as a young adult, worked at the bank, | 22 |
| eventually becoming its president; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Ghiglieri I continued his father's tradition | 2 |
| of deep involvement in the community and all of its civic | 3 |
| activities; he rose to become president of Illinois' only bank | 4 |
| trade association, fighting for the continued viability of | 5 |
| Illinois' community banks and all they represented to small | 6 |
| town economic life; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Ghiglieri I and his wife Dorothy "Dot" raised | 8 |
| their own family in Toluca, including two daughters, Cathy and | 9 |
| Carol, and a son named Jim; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Ghiglieri II rose to become the president of | 11 |
| Toluca's only bank, like his father and grandfather before him; | 12 |
| in the tradition of his father, he gave to his profession by | 13 |
| volunteering his time serving in the leadership of the | 14 |
| Community Bankers Association of Illinois, the largest banking | 15 |
| association in Illinois, and the only Illinois banking
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| association which exclusively represents Illinois' community | 17 |
| banks; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Ghiglieri II became the Chairman of the | 19 |
| Community Bankers Association of Illinois, serving his | 20 |
| profession while continuing his deep involvement with his | 21 |
| community and his family, which consists of his wife, Mary Kay, | 22 |
| his sons Matthew and James III, and his daughter, Kristin; and
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| WHEREAS, All of Jim's family, co-workers, neighbors, and | 2 |
| peers consider Jim Ghiglieri II an outstanding banker, citizen, | 3 |
| professional, and father who is highly deserving of this honor; | 4 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| warmly congratulate James P. Ghiglieri on his appointment as | 8 |
| Chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America, and | 9 |
| his continued commitment to his profession; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to James P. Ghiglieri II, as a symbol of our esteem.
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