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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives have learned that Michael Skarr, who has served |
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| as President & CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce |
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| since 1996, will retire from that position at the end of 2007; |
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| WHEREAS, Under Michael Skarr's leadership the Naperville |
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| Area Chamber of Commerce's Membership has nearly doubled and |
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| its financial fortunes have brightened considerably; he |
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| oversaw the organization's relocation to its modern |
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| headquarters in the Main Street Promenade, its move to a new |
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| Membership model, its receipt of Five-Star Accreditation from |
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| the United States Chamber of Commerce, and the recent strategic |
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| planning initiative, Chamber 2020; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr received an engineering degree from |
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| Marquette University and an MBA from Lewis University; he also |
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| graduated from the Middle Management Development Program at |
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| Aurora University, where he received their Outstanding |
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| Performance Award and Distinguished Alumni Award; he has served |
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| as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Aurora University's Management |
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| Development Center and at Lewis University; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr received a Distinguished Alumni |
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| Achievement Award in community service from Lewis University |
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| and was recognized with their Distinguished Alumni Award, in |
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| addition to currently serving as a member of the President's |
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| Council; he was a recipient of the Naperville Jaycee's |
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| Distinguished Service Award in business, the Illinois State |
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| Crime Commission's Business Leader of the Year Award, the |
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| DuPage Workforce Board's Business Leader Recognition Award, |
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| and the Extraordinary Citizen Award from the Three Fires |
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| Council Boy Scouts of America; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr served as a member of the Naperville |
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| Community Unit School District 203 board of education and as |
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| founding president of its Business & Education & Community |
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| Partnership, and he was a founding member of the Illinois |
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| Advisory Council on Business/Education Partnerships; he was |
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| appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education by former |
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| Governor Jim Edgar and served four years as chairperson; he has |
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| served as a member of the Governor's Economic Development |
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| Coordinating Council, the Joint Education Commission, and the |
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| Illinois Human Resource Investment Council, where he served as |
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| co-chair of the Illinois Education-To-Careers steering |
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| committee; and he is also a board member of the DuPage |
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| Workforce Board; and |
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr has served as both president and a |
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| founding member of the board of directors of the Naperville |
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| Development Partnership, a public/private economic development |
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| not-for-profit corporation; he is also a founding Board member |
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| of DuPageBiz, DuPage County's economic development |
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| partnership; he serves on the Board of the World Trade Center |
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| Illinois; he is chairman of the board of directors of the |
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| Harris Bank Naperville and a member of the Center for |
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| Applications-Based Learning board of directors; he is a past |
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| President of the Naperville United Way and is a member of the |
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| board of directors of the Millennium Carillon Foundation; he |
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| serves as treasurer for the Transportation for Illinois |
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| Coalition; he serves as a member of the Naperville Downtown |
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| Plan Implementation Committee; and he has also served on the |
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| Executive Committee of the Chicago Area Council Boy Scouts of |
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| America; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr has had an extensive career for |
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| NICOR Inc., a Fortune 500 energy holding company; he is also |
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| President of Human Dynamics Associates; he has been appointed |
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| to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Committee |
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| of 100 (CCC100) and also served on the American Chamber of |
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| Commerce Executives Board of Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Skarr has been married to Mary Ann since |
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| 1965; he is the proud father of Mike Jr., Mark, and Matt, and |
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| the loving grandfather of Alex, Ryan, Ashley, Jack, Sarah, |
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| Nolan, and Kaden; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Michael Skarr on his retirement and wish him the |
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| best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Michael Skarr as a symbol of our respect.
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