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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Pat Dawson of Forsyth, partner and owner of Miles
3 Chevrolet Inc. in Decatur, received the 2006 TIME Magazine
4 Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA) at the opening business meeting of
5 the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention
6 in Orlando, attended by more than 25,000 individuals involved
7 in the automobile industry; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The TIME Magazine Quality Dealer Award is the
9 automobile industry's most prestigious and highly coveted
10 award for car dealers; recipients of the award are among the
11 nation's most successful auto dealers and must also demonstrate
12 a long-standing commitment to effective community service; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Dawson is one of only 66 automobile dealers,
14 from more than 19,500 nationwide, nominated for the 37th annual
15 award sponsored by TIME Magazine in association with Goodyear
16 and in cooperation with NADA; a panel of faculty members from
17 the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business
18 Administration selects TMQDA finalists; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Mr. Dawson traces his roots in the automobile
20 industry to his grandfather, who persuaded Henry Ford to let
21 him sell used Fords on consignment in Detroit in 1904, thus
22 beginning the now four-generation family business; and
 
23     WHEREAS, In addition to his business successes, Mr. Dawson
24 and his dealership have also supported a wide range of
25 organizations and causes; he has served as a board member for
26 the Decatur Family YMCA, Decatur Police Foundation, and Decatur
27 Celebration, among other civic activities; he helped the YMCA
28 to raise over $10 million to build a new facility in the center
29 of town; and
 
30     WHEREAS, Mr. Dawson resides in Forsyth with his wife, Ann

 

 

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2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate Pat Dawson on receiving the 2006 TIME Magazine
5 Quality Dealer Award ; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Mr. Dawson as an expression of our esteem.