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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, After 29 years of dedicated service, William D. | ||||||
3 | "Bill" Olson will retire on December 31, 2013 as President of | ||||||
4 | the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois, the business | ||||||
5 | trade association that represents the interests of beer | ||||||
6 | distributors licensed by the State of Illinois to bring beer | ||||||
7 | into Illinois and distribute to licensed retailers in | ||||||
8 | accordance with the State's alcohol regulatory system; and
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9 | WHEREAS, William Olson began his career with the Associated | ||||||
10 | Beer Distributors of Illinois on January 1, 1985; as Chief | ||||||
11 | Executive Officer, he has been responsible for all association | ||||||
12 | programs and activities, including its government relations | ||||||
13 | activities and the Political Action Committee; and
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14 | WHEREAS, William Olson is a past president of the Wholesale | ||||||
15 | Beer Association Executives, the national organization of | ||||||
16 | chief staff officers of state beer wholesaler associations, he | ||||||
17 | currently serves as the organization's representative on the | ||||||
18 | Industry Affairs Committee for the National Beer Wholesalers | ||||||
19 | Association; he is also a member of the Illinois Society of | ||||||
20 | Association Executives and the American Society of Association | ||||||
21 | Executives; and
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22 | WHEREAS, William Olson is a graduate of Illinois College in |
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1 | Jacksonville and was elected President of his junior and senior | ||||||
2 | classes; he has also taken graduate courses in business and | ||||||
3 | management at the University of Illinois in Springfield; and
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4 | WHEREAS, After graduating in 1968, William Olson joined the | ||||||
5 | Household Finance Corporation in Chicago; in 1972, he moved to | ||||||
6 | Springfield to begin his career as a government relations | ||||||
7 | representative for Household and its subsidiary companies; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In 1977, William Olson joined the Association for | ||||||
9 | Modern Banking as the Director of Government Relations; as | ||||||
10 | Director, he guided industry lobbying efforts, including the | ||||||
11 | passage of legislation to authorize multi-office banking and to | ||||||
12 | end Illinois' unit banking system; and
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13 | WHEREAS, William Olson has been the recipient of several | ||||||
14 | awards, including the "Retailers Award of Merit" from the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Liquor Stores Association in 1993, the Associated Beer | ||||||
16 | Distributors of Illinois' "Richard A. Mautino Award" for | ||||||
17 | industry service in 1995, recognition from the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Licensed Beverage Association in 1996, the "Industry Service | ||||||
19 | Award" in 1997, the General Excellence Award from the Illinois | ||||||
20 | State Crime Commission in 2003, and the National Beer | ||||||
21 | Wholesalers "Life Service Award" in 2013; and | ||||||
22 | WHEREAS, In 1989, William Olson was recognized for his |
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1 | outstanding efforts as a lobbyist by being elected by his peers | ||||||
2 | to serve as "Speaker" of the Illinois Third House, an | ||||||
3 | organization of registered lobbyists in Illinois; and
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4 | WHEREAS, William Olson was born and raised in Chicago; he | ||||||
5 | is married to Jean Aden Olson and is the father of Ashley | ||||||
6 | Olson, who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia; therefore, be | ||||||
7 | it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
9 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
10 | we commend William D. Olson for his excellent service to the | ||||||
11 | Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois and the people of | ||||||
12 | Illinois and wish him a long and happy retirement; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to William Olson as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
16 | respect.
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