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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Roger John will retire from his position as
3 executive director of the Peoria Housing Authority (PHA) on
4 August 1, 2006, after serving in the position for ten years;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, He was born in Peoria in September of 1941 and has
7 lived in the area for most of his life; he spent four years in
8 the U.S. Coast Guard and returned to Peoria in 1963; he briefly
9 worked for Caterpillar in East Peoria and went on to work at
10 Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO); he earned a B.A. in
11 management from Sangamon State University; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mr. John worked at CILCO for a total of 32 years
13 and retired in 1995; he was tapped in 1996 to temporarily fill
14 the executive director position at the PHA and was the seventh
15 person to head the troubled agency in a decade; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Under his leadership, the PHA made it off of the
17 federal government's troubled list and many improvements were
18 made; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He has volunteered with the United Way, Junior
20 Achievement, Boy Scouts, the Peoria Chamber of Commerce,
21 Illinois Valley Wheelm'n, the Illinois Valley Striders, and the
22 Peoria Art Guild; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Mr. John and his wife enjoy running, cycling,
24 kayaking, cultural events, prairie gardening, and many other
25 things; he also enjoys working on his eclectic collection of
26 old cars and truck; therefore, be it
 
27     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we congratulate Roger John on the occasion of his retirement,

 

 

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1 and we wish him well in the future; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Mr. John as an expression of our esteem.