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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 Bill Hood on the occasion | ||||||
4 | of his retirement as Managing Director of State and Local | ||||||
5 | Government Affairs for American Airlines; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Bill Hood began working for American Airlines in | ||||||
7 | 1994 and, as Managing Director, worked with State and local | ||||||
8 | government authorities and community organizations on matters | ||||||
9 | concerning airline regulation, airport operations, and general | ||||||
10 | business matters in the Midwest; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Before joining American Airlines, Bill Hood | ||||||
12 | worked as a lawyer and, for a time, managed the municipal bond | ||||||
13 | investment banking division for Continental Bank in Chicago; he | ||||||
14 | also served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging | ||||||
15 | and worked as a journalist, winning several awards for | ||||||
16 | investigative journalism; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Bill Hood has served on the boards of numerous | ||||||
18 | business, cultural, and social service organizations; he was a | ||||||
19 | trustee for Columbia College Chicago from 1988 through 2012 and | ||||||
20 | its chairman from 2001 through 2005; he has served as a trustee | ||||||
21 | for the Museum of Contemporary Art since 1998, as a board | ||||||
22 | member of the Museum of Contemporary Photography since 1995 and |
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1 | as its chairperson, as a director of the Chicago Area Project | ||||||
2 | since 1977 and as its chairperson, as a trustee for the Chicago | ||||||
3 | Shakespeare Theater since 2001, as a member of several | ||||||
4 | affiliate groups of the Art Institute of Chicago, as a member | ||||||
5 | of the National Committee of the American Friends of Versailles | ||||||
6 | since 2008, as a member of the Chicago Historical Society | ||||||
7 | Making History Awards Committee, as a member of the Great Lakes | ||||||
8 | Dredge and Philharmonic Society, as a trustee for the Chicago | ||||||
9 | Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) since 2011, as a trustee | ||||||
10 | for the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra since 2011, as a trustee | ||||||
11 | for Alliance Francaise, and as a member of the Chicagoland | ||||||
12 | Chamber of Commerce, including service as president and | ||||||
13 | treasurer of its Political Action Committee and on its | ||||||
14 | Government Relations Committee; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Bill Hood is a member of the Sangamo Club in | ||||||
16 | Springfield, the Racquet Club in Chicago, and the Lotos Club in | ||||||
17 | New York; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Bill Hood's previous affiliations also include | ||||||
19 | service as a director of the Landmarks Preservation Council of | ||||||
20 | Illinois, as an emeritus director of Lawyers for the Creative | ||||||
21 | Arts, as a director of the James Jordan Foundation Boys & Girls | ||||||
22 | Club, as a director of the Chicago Chapter of the | ||||||
23 | Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce, as a director and | ||||||
24 | chairperson of the Law School Fund for Northwestern University |
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1 | School of Law, and as chairperson of the State and Local | ||||||
2 | Affairs Committee for the Air Transport Association; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, Bill Hood and his wife, Vicki, reside in Chicago | ||||||
4 | and have 2 sons; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we congratulate Bill Hood on his retirement as the Managing | ||||||
8 | Director of State and Local Government Affairs for American | ||||||
9 | Airlines; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to Bill Hood as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
12 | respect.
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