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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives wish
3 to congratulate George Patt on the occasion of his
4 retirement; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Patt began his career with the Association
6 of REALTORS in September of 1970 at the Lake County Board of
7 REALTORS; since that time, he has served as the Director of
8 Member Services of the Illinois Association of REALTORS, the
9 Executive Vice President of the Danville Area Board of
10 REALTORS, as Executive Vice President of the DuPage Board of
11 REALTORS, as Executive Vice President of the Naples Board of
12 REALTORS in Florida, as State Executive Vice President of the
13 Oklahoma Association of REALTORS, as Executive Vice President
14 of the Greater South Suburban Association of REALTORS, and as
15 Executive Vice President of the REALTOR Association of the
16 West/South Suburban Chicagoland; he also served as the
17 President of the Real Estate Educational Foundation; and
18 WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Mr. Patt has set a
19 standard of excellence wherever he has been and has always
20 left the organizations he has served better than he found
21 them; he served as Chairman of the National Association of
22 REALTORS Executive Officers Committee, served twice as Chair
23 of the Illinois Executive Officers Committee, has served the
24 National Association as the Executive Committee
25 representative in 1994, as a member of the Executive Officers
26 Seminar Board of Governor's from 1983 through 1986, and he
27 served as Dean of the Seminar in 1987; he has also served on
28 the NAR's Board of Directors in 1985, 1991, and 1994, as well
29 as being a member of the MLS Policy Committee; and
30 WHEREAS, Mr. Patt is a recipient of a Presidential
31 Medallion from the Illinois Association of REALTORS, which is
32 one of the highest awards given by IAR, and he is one of only
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1 8 executive officers to receive such an award in the history
2 of the association; he was the 1996 recipient of the William
3 R. Magel Award, an award given by the National Association of
4 REALTORS to an individual who has truly excelled in his or
5 her role as an executive officer of a local or state
6 association of REALTORS and who is active in the REALTOR
7 organization at the time of nomination; he is a Bud Smith
8 Society recipient and was given the Illinois Association of
9 REALTORS Lifetime Achievement Award this year; he is a
10 recipient of the Illinois Association of REALTORS
11 Distinguished Service Award as well; and
12 WHEREAS, Mr. Patt is a respected speaker in his field; he
13 was asked to speak at the Association of Executives Institute
14 several times as well as being a speaker at the 1991 Canadian
15 Real Estate Association Executives Institute in Toronto,
16 Canada; therefore, be it
17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19 we congratulate Mr. George Patt on the occasion of his
20 retirement after over 30 years as a respected member of the
21 real estate community; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to Mr. Patt as an expression of our esteem.