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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Copernicus Foundation honored the memory of
3 its founder and president of 25 years, Mitchell P.
4 Kobelinski, on what would have been his 70th birthday, August
5 7, 1998; and
6 WHEREAS, The historic Gateway Theatre will be renamed as
7 the Mitchell C. Kobelinski Theatre; and
8 WHEREAS, He grew up in Chicago, graduating from Steinmetz
9 High School and Loyola University, where he earned his law
10 degree in 1950; and
11 WHEREAS, In 1951 he joined the Exchange National Bank
12 Trust Department; in 1959 he established Parkway Development
13 Company; he became president of Parkway Bank & Trust in
14 Harwood Heights; he also served for a time as chairman of the
15 board for the First State Bank of Chicago; and
16 WHEREAS, In 1973 President Nixon appointed him as
17 director of the Export Import Bank of the United States, and
18 in 1975 President Ford named him as head of the U.S. Small
19 Business Administration; and
20 WHEREAS, Mr. Kobelinski was affiliated with the Illinois
21 Division of the Polish American Congress, the Advocates
22 Society, the Chicago-Warsaw Sister Cities Program, the
23 Kosciuszko Foundation, the National Small Business
24 Administration, the Archdiocese of Chicago Finance Counsel,
25 the Advisory Board of the Quigley Seminary, and the Illinois
26 State Board of Elections; and
27 WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Gen, and his
28 children, Gregg and Mark Kobelinski and Marleen Kasbee;
29 therefore, be it
30 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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1 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
2 join in the appreciation of Mitchell P. Kobelinski and his
3 work to promote the cause of Polish people in America; and be
4 it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Gen Kobelinski.