Full Text of HR1559 094th General Assembly
HR1559 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Regis Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Morton | 3 |
| Grove, Illinois, is celebrating 50 years of providing organic | 4 |
| synthesis and chromatography separation services for | 5 |
| government agencies, university research laboratories, and | 6 |
| worldwide pharmaceutical manufacturers of all sizes; and
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| WHEREAS, The roots of the company extend back to 1888 when | 8 |
| Louis Glunz I, a native of Westphalia, Germany, started his own | 9 |
| business, the Louis Glunz Company, merchandising wine, beer, | 10 |
| and spirits in Chicago; during the Prohibition era, the family | 11 |
| business survived by marketing sacramental wines, medicinal | 12 |
| brandy, and home brewing supplies; after Prohibition, the | 13 |
| company grew as beer and wine bottlers and distributors, and | 14 |
| are still thriving today; and
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| WHEREAS, While working with his father in the family | 16 |
| business, Louis J. Glunz III developed an interest in | 17 |
| chemistry, and they talked of starting a chemical company; he | 18 |
| attended Loyola University, where he earned a Bachelor of | 19 |
| Science degree, and the University of Notre Dame, where he | 20 |
| earned his Doctorate; he then spent two years with the U.S. | 21 |
| Army Chemical Corps, then returned to launch Regis Chemical | 22 |
| Company, which was later renamed Regis Technologies, Inc., in | 23 |
| 1956 with partner, Dr. Anthony Verbiscar; at the suggestion of | 24 |
| Dr. Bernhard Witkop, a researcher at the National Institutes of | 25 |
| Health, the company began to synthesize indole compounds and | 26 |
| became known as the "indole company"; and
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| WHEREAS, Regis Technologies, Inc., has continued to grow | 28 |
| over the years and today is one of the State of Illinois' | 29 |
| premier companies; the company has made so many valuable | 30 |
| contributions through its work, including its work with the | 31 |
| U.S. Army Chemical Center, the production of anti-radiation | 32 |
| compounds for Walter Reed Army Medical Center, scaling up a |
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| synthesis for a potential withdrawal compound for the National | 2 |
| Institute of Drug Abuse, and the commercialization of gas | 3 |
| chromatography products; the company is recognized as a pioneer | 4 |
| in innovative chromatography; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, In 1999 Louis J. Glunz IV became president of | 6 |
| Regis Technologies, Inc., and Louis J. Glunz III became CEO and | 7 |
| Chairman, but in 2005 Louis J. Glunz III relinquished the CEO | 8 |
| title, enabling him to commit time and energy to several civic, | 9 |
| charitable, and educational organizations; he serves as the | 10 |
| Chair of Catholic Charities of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, As Regis Technologies, Inc., marks its 50th | 12 |
| anniversary, the company has added a new state-of-the-art | 13 |
| separation technology, Super Critical Fluid Chromatography, | 14 |
| and has completed construction on a new synthetic research | 15 |
| laboratory wing; this expansion was financed by bonds through | 16 |
| the Illinois Finance Authority; the Regis team is proud of its | 17 |
| reputation as "chemists for the life sciences"; therefore, be | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| we congratulate the fine men and women of Regis Technologies, | 22 |
| Inc., on the 50th anniversary of this innovative chemical | 23 |
| company; we also congratulate the Glunz family, most notably | 24 |
| Louis J. Glunz III and Louis J. Glunz IV, for their hard work | 25 |
| and dedication to make this company a benefit to the State of | 26 |
| Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to the President and CEO of Regis Technologies, Inc., | 29 |
| Louis J. Glunz IV, and his father, founder and Chairman, Louis | 30 |
| J. Glunz III.
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