Full Text of HR0526 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate David F. Vite on | 4 | | his retirement as President and Chief Executive Officer of the | 5 | | Illinois Retail Merchants Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Retail Merchants Association is the | 7 | | statewide professional organization for retailing and a voice | 8 | | of the business community in State government, representing | 9 | | more than 23,000 stores of all sizes and merchandise lines | 10 | | across Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, David Vite joined the Illinois Retail Merchants | 12 | | Association in 1978 as a Field Representative; during his | 13 | | career with the Association, he held the positions of Manager | 14 | | Member Relations, Vice President Government Affairs, and | 15 | | Executive Vice President, becoming President in May 1985; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, As the Illinois Retail Merchants Association's | 17 | | chief lobbyist, David Vite directed all legislative and | 18 | | governmental affairs activities and served as liaison for | 19 | | members of the Association with elected officials and | 20 | | administrative, department, and agency representatives; he was | 21 | | named "Best Business Lobbyist" by Crain's Chicago Business; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Vite served as a member of the Employment | 2 | | Security Advisory Board for more than 20 years under 5 Illinois | 3 | | governors; he served on the Workers' Compensation Advisory | 4 | | Board and on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of | 5 | | the National Retail Federation for 2 years; he chaired the | 6 | | National Association of State Retail Association Executives | 7 | | for one term, and served as the Speaker of the Illinois Third | 8 | | House in 2002; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, David Vite has taken part in negotiations on some | 10 | | of the most historic issues facing the State of Illinois; in | 11 | | 1988, he and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association helped | 12 | | reform Illinois tax laws and, in 1997, he was chosen by the | 13 | | Legislative Caucus Chairs to facilitate discussions on | 14 | | electric deregulation, one of the State's most comprehensive | 15 | | pieces of legislation in decades; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, David Vite has devoted much of his life to serving | 17 | | the public interest; he served on the school board of St. | 18 | | Mary's Elementary School in Woodstock for 5 years and as | 19 | | Chairman for 2 years; he spent 8 years on the Memorial Hospital | 20 | | of McHenry County Board of Directors from 1989-1997, holding | 21 | | the position of Board Chairman for 3 years; he also served on | 22 | | the Centegra Health System Board of Directors for 2 years; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, David Vite is a United States Army veteran and a |
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| 1 | | graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; he and his | 2 | | wife, Jane, have 2 daughters, Amanda (husband Chris) and | 3 | | Gretchen (husband Aaron) and one granddaughter, Vivian, the | 4 | | apple of his eye; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate David F. Vite on his retirement as President | 8 | | and Chief Executive Officer of the Illinois Retail Merchants | 9 | | Association and wish him the best in all his future endeavours; | 10 | | and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to David Vite as an expression of our esteem and | 13 | | respect.
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