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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Dan Black on
4 being named Small Business Person of the Year by the Jefferson
5 County Chamber of Commerce; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Black is entering his 30th year in the
7 commercial contracting industry; after graduating from the
8 University of Missouri at Rolla, he spent the first 14 years of
9 his career in Alaska working on various phases of the famous
10 Alaska Pipeline; he returned to Illinois after many years to
11 run the family business, Ray Black and Sons Construction; he is
12 the Chairman and Chief Executive Office of the company; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In his role at Ray Black and Sons Construction,
14 Mr. Black manages all parts of the company, including
15 construction management of projects, development and leasing
16 commercial properties, project estimating, subcontracting
17 administration, jobsite supervision, cost and scheduling,
18 advertising, banking, and insurance and bonding; the company
19 was founded by Mr. Black's father in 1987; it employs
20 approximately 50 individuals and has diversified by moving into
21 real estate development; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Mr. Black was Founding President of the Alaska
23 North Slope Contractors Association, Past President of the
24 Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Optimist International
25 Chaplain in Mt. Vernon, International Rotary Member, a 2-term
26 Past President of the Jefferson County Camber of Commerce, Vice
27 President of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Small
28 Business Council, Vice President of the Governmental Affairs
29 Council of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Fifth
30 Third Bank Regional Board Member, Ex-Officio Member of the Mt.
31 Vernon Economic Development Board, a member of the Mt. Vernon
32 Tourism Board, and the Mt. Vernon Sweet Corn Watermelon Board,

 

 

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1 Past President and Charter Board Member of the Mt. Vernon
2 Prayer Breakfast, District Chairman - Boy Scouts - Black/Gold
3 District, Boy Scouts Okaw Valley Council, and Key Three Member
4 and Trustee - Second Baptist Church; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 congratulate Dan Black on being named Small Business Person of
8 the Year by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce; and be it
9 further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Mr. Black as an expression of our respect and
12 esteem.