Full Text of HR1520 94th General Assembly
HR1520 94TH 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 citizens of the State who | 4 |
| have reached a milestone in their lives; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Jeff Ladd has shown a consistent dedication to | 6 |
| public service for over thirty years; in 1970, he took a leave | 7 |
| from his family construction business to serve as a Member of | 8 |
| the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention; his service | 9 |
| earned him the recognition of the Chicago Daily News as one of | 10 |
| the Convention's Twenty Outstanding Delegates; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Ladd is a partner in the Health Care | 12 |
| Department of the Chicago law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd; his | 13 |
| practice is concentrated primarily on tax-exempt municipal | 14 |
| bonds and health care areas of the law; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS,
Mr. Ladd received a Bachelor of Arts degree with | 16 |
| honors, from Loras College; he received his Jurist Doctor | 17 |
| degree with honors, in 1973 from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of | 18 |
| Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review; he is a member of | 19 |
| the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the | 20 |
| National Association of Bond Lawyers, the American Health | 21 |
| Lawyers Association, and the Illinois Association of Hospital | 22 |
| Attorneys; and | 23 |
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Mr. Ladd has been called upon by the Governor of Illinois | 24 |
| to serve on administrative boards and commissions in State | 25 |
| government; he was appointed by Governor Richard Ogilvie to | 26 |
| serve on the Constitutional Implementation Committee, which | 27 |
| was created to ascertain and draft any legislation necessary to | 28 |
| the implementation of the new State Constitution; he also | 29 |
| served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of State Colleges | 30 |
| and Universities in Illinois and as a member of the Illinois | 31 |
| Board of Higher Education; in 1983 he was appointed as an |
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| interim Director of the Regional Transportation Authority | 2 |
| prior to assuming the chairmanship of METRA; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, In 1991 he was appointed Chairman of the | 4 |
| Redistricting Process Review Commission; he was the recipient | 5 |
| of the 1995 W. Graham Claytor, Jr. award for Distinguished | 6 |
| Service to Passenger Transportation; he was also the City Club | 7 |
| of Chicago's 1995 Citizen of the year;
Mr. Ladd has been active | 8 |
| in his community, having served as President of the Crystal | 9 |
| Lake Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Crystal Lake United | 10 |
| Fund, and was the recipient of the Jaycee's Distinguished | 11 |
| Service Award;
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ladd has served as the Chairman of METRA, the | 13 |
| commuter rail division of the Regional Transportation | 14 |
| Authority, since its inception in 1984; under his leadership | 15 |
| METRA is continually cited as the finest commuter rail system | 16 |
| in the country; Mr. Ladd recently announced his retirement from | 17 |
| METRA; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been a resident of McHenry County since | 19 |
| 1946 where he lives with his wife, Kathleen; they have four | 20 |
| sons, Jeff Jr., John, Mark, and Matthew; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 |
| we congratulate Jeffrey Ladd on a job well done and wish him | 24 |
| continued good success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to Jeffrey Ladd, along with our sincere regards.
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