Full Text of HR1085 96th General Assembly
HR1085 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor John R. Gehlbach of | 4 |
| Elkhart for his many accomplishments; and
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| WHEREAS, John Gehlbach was born on October 9, 1920, in | 6 |
| Beason; he is the son of the late Frank Gehlbach and Hester | 7 |
| Keys-Gehlbach; he married Mildred Poole on February 14, 1956, | 8 |
| in Davenport, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Beason High School in 1938, | 10 |
| John Gehlbach attended the University of Illinois in Champaign | 11 |
| for 2 years; he then earned his bachelor's degree in history | 12 |
| from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Carleton College, John | 14 |
| Gehlbach joined the United States Navy; during his tenure with | 15 |
| the Navy, he attended the Harvard Business School for 8 months; | 16 |
| he was discharged from the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander in | 17 |
| 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, After John Gehlbach earned his bachelor of laws | 19 |
| degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, he was employed | 20 |
| for a year as an assistant to the General Counsel of Swift & | 21 |
| Company; he then returned to Lincoln and entered private |
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| practice with his uncle, Charles Gehlbach, in 1950; and
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| WHEREAS, John Gehlbach served as a Special Assistant | 3 |
| Attorney General with the State of Illinois for 20 years; and
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| WHEREAS, John Gehlbach has served with honor and | 5 |
| distinction as a member of the Lincoln College Board of | 6 |
| Trustees for over 56 years; he also served as the President of | 7 |
| the Board for 3 years; and
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| WHEREAS, John Gehlbach has been a member of numerous civic | 9 |
| organizations; he is a past president of the Kiwanis Club in | 10 |
| Lincoln; he served on the Board of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial | 11 |
| Hospital for several years and assisted in the drive for the | 12 |
| construction of a new hospital; he served on the Committee to | 13 |
| Restore the Historic Postville Courthouse in Lincoln; he is a | 14 |
| former member and chairman of the Illinois State Historical | 15 |
| Library; he has been a trustee of the Lincoln Academy of | 16 |
| Illinois; he is also a member of the Illinois Executive Mansion | 17 |
| Association, the Springfield Art Association, the Illinois | 18 |
| Historical Society, the Lincoln Elks Lodge, the Loyal Order of | 19 |
| Moose, the American Legion, the Sangamo Club, the Creve Coeur | 20 |
| Club, and the State Bank of Lincoln Board of Directors; he is | 21 |
| also a member and past president of the Logan County Bar | 22 |
| Association and a member of the Illinois Bar Association, the | 23 |
| Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Bar |
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| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, John Gehlbach was the recipient of the Lincoln | 3 |
| Courier Man of the Month award; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, John Gehlbach serves as a model of hard work, | 5 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 6 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| honor John R. Gehlbach for his many accomplishments and wish | 10 |
| him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to John Gehlbach as a symbol of our esteem and | 14 |
| respect.
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