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92_HR0719

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are  pleased to recognize significant events
 4    in the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS,  It  has  come  to  our  attention  that  Julius
 6    Weisbach Hegeler II of Danville will be honored as  the  69th
 7    annual American Business Club's First Citizen at a banquet on
 8    on February 28, 2002; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Hegeler was born May 29, 1928 in Danville;
10    his family owned the Hegeler Zinc Company which helped to put
11    Danville on the map and employed many of its citizens; and

12        WHEREAS, Julius Hegeler was  educated  at  Danville  High
13    School   and   attended   the  University  of  Illinois  from
14    1946-1949,  he  then  continued  his  education  at  Millikin
15    University where he earned his Bachelor  Degree  in  Business
16    Administration; and

17        WHEREAS, After leaving school, Mr. Hegeler joined the Air
18    Force  and  flew  70 combat missions as an F-86 fighter pilot
19    over North Korea; 1st  Lieutenant  Hegeler  was  awarded  the
20    Distinguished  Flying  Cross,  an Air Medal, and one Oak Leaf
21    Cluster; he is a member of the F-86 Sabre Pilots Association,
22    the Korean War Veteran Association, the American Legion  Post
23    210; and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 728; and

24        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Hegeler  returned  to Danville in 1955 and
25    co-founded the world's largest contract packager of  chemical
26    specialties,    Peterson    Filling    &    Packaging    (now
27    Peterson/Puritan,  Inc.),  where  he  served as Treasurer and
28    Vice-President before retiring in 1978; and

29        WHEREAS,  Since   his   retirement,   Mr.   Hegeler   has
30    contributed  significantly to the betterment of the community
31    through  single   or   multiple   projects,   personally   or
 
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 1    professionally;  he  served on United Way campaigns from 1955
 2    through 1983; in 1992 he established the Julius W. Hegeler II
 3    Foundation to restore the family mansion into a  museum;  his
 4    most  recent involvements have been the YWCA of Danville, the
 5    Vermilion County War Museum, and the  AMBUCS  Playground  for
 6    Everyone; and

 7        WHEREAS,  In  Mr.  Hegeler's  role as a volunteer, he has
 8    served  on  the  boards  of  the  Danville   Area   Community
 9    Foundation, the Vermilion County Museum Society, the Lakeview
10    Medical   Center   Foundation,   the  Center  for  Children's
11    Services, the Vermilion Heritage  Foundation,  the  Vermilion
12    County  American  Red  Cross and the Vermilion County Airport
13    Authority; and

14        WHEREAS, Julius W. Hegeler is known to his community as a
15    man who asks for no recognition, but deserves much; not  only
16    does  he  donate  much of his funds anonymously, he also sees
17    that his money is well spent, spending hours discussing plans
18    and changes concerning each project; and

19        WHEREAS, Julius Hegeler married the late  Bobette  Steely
20    in  1956 and is the father of Alix Shreve, Harlin Steely, and
21    Madelle Goodloe; therefore, be it

22        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
23    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24    we  congratulate  Julius  Weisbach Hegeler II of Danville for
25    his achievement of the American Business Club's First Citizen
26    Award, and thank him for his dedication to numerous civic and
27    charitable  organizations  that  have  richly  benefited  his
28    fellow citizens; and be it further

29        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
30    presented  to  Julius  W.  Hegeler II as an expression of our
31    esteem.

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