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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3congratulate Dan Gallagher on being elected as the new chief
4executive officer of Gallagher Asphalt Corporation in 2023;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher has been in paving most of his
7life; he began his career at Gallagher Asphalt Corporation in
8Thornton in 1987 as a third generation family member; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher is active in the Association of
10Asphalt Paving Technologists and the Illinois Asphalt Pavement
11Association, where he served as president; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher is a past chairman of the National
13Center for Asphalt Technology and was the chairman of the
14National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) in 2017; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher serves on the Sustainability
16Committee at NAPA and is a recognized leader in infrastructure
17and transportation; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher understands that the foundation for
19economic development rests on the quality of the entire
20transportation system; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher served on the Peoria Sustainability
2Commission as a long-standing member and as an advocate for
3permeable pavement in conjunction with the Combined Sewer
4Overflow (CSO) project; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher serves on the diversity and
6executive boards of the Innovations Conference on
7Infrastructure and offers significant support to minority and
8women-owned business enterprises; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher has worked closely with Dr.
10Al-Khafaji on the International Construction Innovations
11Conference (ICIC 2004 and ICIC 2006), ICAT conferences, and
12the Innovations Conference on Infrastructure; and
 
13    WHEREAS, For over a decade, Dan Gallagher served as the
14vice chair of the Sustainable Funding of Infrastructure Group
15of Illinois (SFIG), formed by past Illinois Senate President
16John Cullerton; and
 
17    WHEREAS, For the past two decades, Dan Gallagher worked
18with Dr. Amir Al-Khafaji to determine the annual guest list
19for the executive summits that brought world-class leaders
20from business, legislatures, government, and education to
21address the major problems facing the infrastructure industry;

 

 

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2    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher traveled with Dr. Al-Khafaji as a
3speaker at an international conference in Egypt to present an
4article on funding sources of infrastructure in Illinois and a
5second article on funding of infrastructure at the federal
6level; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher supported minority students,
8minority businesses, and the conferences led by Dr. Al-Khafaji
9that became premier events where leaders gathered to build new
10relationships and partnerships to help the State of Illinois
11and the United States; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The many conferences Dan Gallagher supported
13attracted such guests as the Prime Minister of Egypt, the
14President of the Illinois Senate, the Governor of Illinois,
15the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the Illinois Secretary
16of Transportation, the Chicago Commissioner of Aviation, the
17Chairman of the Illinois Tollway Authority, and CEOs of some
18of the largest companies in the world; and
 
19    WHEREAS, For more than a decade, Dan Gallagher worked with
20Dr. Al-Khafaji to focus on the Illinois Capital Infrastructure
21funding with senators, house members, governors, and CEOs of
22major companies, including Caterpillar Inc., which helped

 

 

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1produce the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois Capital bill in 2019;
2and
 
3    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher received the Sustainability Award
4from the executive board of the ICAT conference that was
5presented by then Illinois Senate President John Cullerton in
62018; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher is grateful for the love and
8support he has received from his family and especially his
9wife, Sarah, his daughter, Janie, his son, Donald, his son,
10William, his brother, Patrick, and his sisters, Peggy, Kerry,
11Mary, Collen, and Katie; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Dan Gallagher earned a Bachelor of Science in
13Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University; therefore, be
14it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dan
17Gallagher on being elected as the new chief executive officer
18of Gallagher Asphalt Corporation and thank him for his service
19to the citizens of the State of Illinois, especially minority
20students, and for his work to make our country a better place
21for all; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Dan Gallagher as a symbol of our esteem and
3respect for his work.