Full Text of HR0804 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Frank M. Clark, Chairman and Chief Executive | 3 | | Officer of Commonwealth Edison Company, is retiring after 46 | 4 | | years of service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark, who started in the ComEd mailroom in | 6 | | 1966 and, through dedication, skill, and hard work, rose to the | 7 | | highest office within one of Illinois' most vital and | 8 | | historically significant companies; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark's time with the company was interrupted | 10 | | only once, with his service to the United States in the Vietnam | 11 | | War; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Since joining ComEd in 1966, he rose steadily | 13 | | through the ranks, holding various positions in both corporate | 14 | | support and line functions; prior to his appointment as | 15 | | chairman and chief executive officer of ComEd, Mr. Clark served | 16 | | as president of ComEd, responsible for overseeing the | 17 | | day-to-day operations of the company, and executive vice | 18 | | president and chief of staff of Exelon; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, During his 46-year career at ComEd, he held key | 20 | | leadership positions at a number of business-critical | 21 | | functions across the company, including: customer service |
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| 1 | | operations; marketing and sales; regulatory, governmental and | 2 | | community affairs; information technology; communications; | 3 | | human resources; labor relations; and distribution services; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark serves on the board of trustees of the | 6 | | Museum of Science and Industry, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy | 7 | | Museum, DePaul University, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and | 8 | | the University of Chicago Medical Center; he also is on the | 9 | | board of directors of Metropolitan Family Services, the | 10 | | Illinois Manufacturers Association, Big Shoulders Fund, United | 11 | | Way of Metropolitan Chicago, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential | 12 | | Library Foundation, and the executive committee of The Chicago | 13 | | Community Trust; he sits on the governing board of Econ | 14 | | Illinois and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the | 15 | | Economic Club of Chicago, The Commercial Club of Chicago, and | 16 | | the Executives' Club of Chicago; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark is a committee member of Chicago 2016 | 18 | | and a co-founder of the Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy on | 19 | | Chicago's west side; he serves on the board of directors for | 20 | | Waste Management, Inc., Harris Financial Corp., and Aetna Inc.; | 21 | | and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark received an honorary Doctor of Humane | 23 | | Letters degree from Governors State University and an honorary |
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| 1 | | Doctor of Law degree from DePaul University; he has received | 2 | | numerous awards including the prestigious HistoryMakers Award | 3 | | and the National Humanitarian Award from the National | 4 | | Conference for Community and Justice; in 2008, U.S. Black | 5 | | Engineer & Information Technology Magazine named him to its | 6 | | annual list of the 100 Most Important Blacks in Technology; he | 7 | | also was ranked among the 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in | 8 | | America by Fortune magazine in 2002; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, He received his bachelor's degree and law degree | 10 | | from DePaul University; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, While attending DePaul University to complete his | 12 | | law degree, he and his wife, Vera, would eat dinner in their | 13 | | car after his day at ComEd was over and before his law classes | 14 | | would begin; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark was instrumental in helping reform, | 16 | | revitalize, and restructure the State's electric industry, as | 17 | | Illinois has now become a national leader in electric service | 18 | | competition and customer choice; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Clark has served as a mentor to countless | 20 | | colleagues and young people, providing guidance and | 21 | | inspiration to help them realize their own potential; | 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Frank M. Clark on his retirement and thank him | 4 | | for the difference he has made to the business, civic, and | 5 | | policy fabric of the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Frank M. Clark as a symbol of our respect and | 8 | | esteem.
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