Full Text of HR0736 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Kelly R. Welsh on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as president of the Commercial Club | 5 | | of Chicago and the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of | 6 | | Chicago; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kelly Welsh has served as the president of both | 8 | | the Commercial Club of Chicago and the Civic Committee for the | 9 | | past five years; during his tenure, the organizations promoted | 10 | | government efficiency and a stronger education system and | 11 | | conducted a campaign to expand O'Hare Airport; additionally, | 12 | | he oversaw the Civic Committee and its affiliated | 13 | | organizations, Civic Consulting Alliance, Kids First Chicago, | 14 | | and P33, shaped local and state decision-making, and advanced | 15 | | important initiatives on some of the most critical issues | 16 | | facing our region, including job growth, city and state | 17 | | finances, transportation, education, and improving access to | 18 | | economic opportunity while helping the region address the | 19 | | myriad of challenges posed by the pandemic; he was one of the | 20 | | leaders in the effort to create P33 to help enable the Chicago | 21 | | region to achieve its full potential as one of the leading tech | 22 | | centers of the world and to promote inclusive economic growth; | 23 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kelly Welsh, nominated by former President Barack | 2 | | Obama, previously served as general counsel for the U.S. | 3 | | Department of Commerce from 2014 to 2017; he worked as | 4 | | executive vice president and general counsel for the Northern | 5 | | Trust Corporation from 2000 to 2014; he served as executive | 6 | | vice president and general counsel for the Ameritech | 7 | | Corporation from 1996 to 1999 after serving as vice president | 8 | | and associate general counsel from 1993 to 1996; he served as | 9 | | corporation counsel for the City of Chicago from 1989 to 1993; | 10 | | he was a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown from 1985 to 1989, | 11 | | after serving as an associate from 1979 to 1985; he worked as a | 12 | | judicial clerk for the Honorable Luther M. Swygert of the U.S. | 13 | | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Kelly Welsh additionally serves as a director of | 15 | | Bank of the West, headquartered in San Francisco, the United | 16 | | Way of Metro Chicago, and Navy Pier, Inc.; his civic | 17 | | engagement has included serving as a trustee for the | 18 | | University of Chicago Medical Center and the Field Museum of | 19 | | Natural History and as president of the Board of the Institute | 20 | | of Judicial Administration, New York University Law School; he | 21 | | was also the chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition | 22 | | Authority; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Kelly Welsh received his Bachelor of Arts from | 24 | | Harvard College and his Master of Arts from the University of |
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| 1 | | Sussex in the United Kingdom; he earned his Juris Doctor from | 2 | | Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law | 3 | | Review; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Kelly Welsh has always embodied the highest | 5 | | ideals of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the Civic | 6 | | Committee; through his leadership, service, and dedication, he | 7 | | made the Chicago region a better place for everyone to live, | 8 | | work, and do business; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate Kelly R. Welsh on his retirement as president | 12 | | of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the Civic Committee of | 13 | | the Commercial Club of Chicago, commend him for his service | 14 | | and dedication, and wish him the best in his future endeavors; | 15 | | and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Kelly Welsh as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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