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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Doug Oberhelman
on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his retirement as Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of | ||||||
| 5 | Caterpillar, Inc. after a 41-year
career with Caterpillar | ||||||
| 6 | effective December 31, 2016; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Doug Oberhelman served as Chairman of the Board of | ||||||
| 8 | Directors and CEO of Caterpillar, Inc. from 2010 through 2016; | ||||||
| 9 | he will continue to serve Caterpillar, Inc. as
Executive | ||||||
| 10 | Chairman of the Board through March 31, 2017; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Doug Oberhelman received his bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 12 | finance from Millikin University; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, During his tenure as Chairman and CEO, Doug | ||||||
| 14 | Oberhelman led Caterpillar, Inc. through accelerated
business | ||||||
| 15 | cycles, implementing cost-efficiencies, and lean manufacturing | ||||||
| 16 | to simplify and improve global
manufacturing and operations; | ||||||
| 17 | and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Doug Oberhelman has led Caterpillar, Inc. to renew | ||||||
| 19 | its focus on customers and reinforced
its dedication to | ||||||
| 20 | quality, sustainability, and innovations critical to the | ||||||
| 21 | success of its employees,
customers, and dealers; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Doug Oberhelman joined the Caterpillar, Inc | ||||||
| 2 | Treasury Department in 1975 and worked in or led a
wide variety | ||||||
| 3 | of businesses across the company; he was elected a | ||||||
| 4 | Vice-President and Chief
Financial Officer in 1995; from 2002 | ||||||
| 5 | to 2010, he was a Group President with responsibility for
many | ||||||
| 6 | of Caterpillar's core businesses; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Over the course of his career at Caterpillar, Inc. | ||||||
| 8 | Doug Oberhelman lived in North America, South America, and | ||||||
| 9 | Asia,
and travelled extensively throughout the world; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Doug Oberhelman serves on the Board of Directors | ||||||
| 11 | of Exxon Mobil Corporation and is
immediate past Chairman of | ||||||
| 12 | the Business Roundtable and former Chair of the National | ||||||
| 13 | Association of
Manufacturers; he is Vice-President of the | ||||||
| 14 | Wetlands America Trust, a member of the Nature
Conservancy's | ||||||
| 15 | Latin America Conservation Council, and Chairman of the Board | ||||||
| 16 | of Trustees for the Easter
Seals Foundation of Central | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois; he previously served on the boards of Eli Lilly and | ||||||
| 18 | Company and
Ameren Corporation; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 21 | congratulate Doug Oberhelman on his retirement as Chief | ||||||
| 22 | Executive Officer of Caterpillar, Inc. and we wish him the best | ||||||
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| 1 | in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | presented to Doug Oberhelman as an expression of
our esteem and | ||||||
| 4 | respect.
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