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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to recognize the 90th anniversary of the
4Retired Teachers Association of Chicago in 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, At the time of the founding of the RTAC in 1926,
6the United States was in an uncertain period, only three years
7before the onset of the Great Depression; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In 1945, the RTAC worked with Dr. Ethel Percy
9Andrus to establish and serve as one of the charter members of
10the National Retired Teachers Association, which promotes the
11interests of retired educators across the nation; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The RTAC had provided a variety of supportive
13services to its members throughout the nine decades of its
14existence, which included times of serious economic challenges
15to the United States, the State of Illinois, and the City of
16Chicago; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The RTAC actively represents the interests of its
18approximately 10,000 members in the Illinois General Assembly
19to secure legislation to promote fiscal stability to its
20pension funding resources; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3the Retired Teachers Association of Chicago be commended for 90
4years of service to retired Chicago public school educators;
5and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be
7forwarded to the Retired Teachers Association of Chicago.