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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Larry Morrissey for his 
4years of service as mayor of the City of Rockford, the 
5third-largest city in Illinois; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey is the 40th mayor to lead Rockford 
7since its founding on the banks of the Rock River in northern 
8Illinois in 1852; he is one of only four mayors in Rockford's 
9history to serve 10 years or more; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey became the city's youngest and 
11only independent mayor when he was first elected in 2005; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey provided some of the most 
13decisive, visionary, and innovative leadership during some of 
14the city's and the nation's most challenging times; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey continuously aimed to provide 
16excellence everywhere for everyone within Rockford; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey introduced the data-driven 
18management system known as RockStat to Rockford and has made 
19data-driven, decision-making a hallmark of his administration; 
20and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey has served as a founding policy 
2board member of the K-12 public education collective impact 
3organization known as Alignment Rockford; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey founded the Rockford Maker 
5Network in 2013 to support and coordinate the community's 
6expanding maker education and entrepreneur movement; he was 
7invited to the first White House Maker Faire in June of 2014 
8and accepted an International Place Marketing Award in Aix en 
9Provence, France
in October of that same year; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey began his professional career 
11practicing law in Chicago before moving back to his hometown of 
12Rockford in 1997; he continued to practice law until his 
13election in April of 2005; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey graduated from the University of 
15Notre Dame in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude; he 
16earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude in 1995 from the University 
17of Illinois College of Law; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Mayor Morrissey lives on Rockford's west side in 
19the historic Signal Hill neighborhood with his wife, Stacy, and 
20his four children, Seanna, Sophia, Dillon, and Alden James; 
21therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
2HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
3congratulate and thank Mayor Larry Morrissey for his dedication 
4to the people of Rockford, and we wish him the best in all his 
5future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

7presented to Mayor Morrissey as an expression of our esteem and

8respect.