Full Text of HR0037 96th General Assembly
HR0037 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ross J. Centanni on | 4 |
| the occasion of being inducted into the Quincy Area Chamber of | 5 |
| Commerce's Business Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, The Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce's Business | 7 |
| Hall of Fame was begun in 2006 to celebrate the rich history | 8 |
| and accomplishments of the Quincy area business community; and
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| WHEREAS, Ross Centanni holds a bachelor's degree in | 10 |
| industrial technology and a master's degree in business | 11 |
| administration from Louisiana State University; and
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| WHEREAS, Ross Centanni has guided the strategic direction | 13 |
| of Gardner Denver since joining as Director of Sales and | 14 |
| Marketing in 1985 from the corporate headquarters of its former | 15 |
| parent company, Cooper Industries, Inc.; in 1990, Mr. Centanni | 16 |
| was appointed to serve as Vice President and General Manager of | 17 |
| the division that was to become Gardner Denver in 1993; Mr. | 18 |
| Centanni served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of | 19 |
| the company from 1993 until 2008 and as the Chairman of the | 20 |
| company's Board of Directors from 1998 until 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Ross Centanni's leadership, Gardner Denver, |
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| Inc. has acquired multiple complementary companies, gained | 2 |
| major product lines, and added Drum blowers and Emco Wheaton | 3 |
| bulk storage and fluid transfer equipment, which have greatly | 4 |
| increased Gardner Denver's annual revenues, broadened its | 5 |
| global presence, and helped diversify the end markets it | 6 |
| serves; and
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| WHEREAS, Under the guidance of Ross Centanni, Gardner | 8 |
| Denver moved from FORBES magazine's list of the 200 Best Small | 9 |
| Companies in America, to the 100 Best Mid-Cap Companies to | 10 |
| twice on the 100 Fastest Growing Companies and, most recently, | 11 |
| to two designations on The 400 Best Big Companies in America; | 12 |
| in 2006, Dow Jones & Company designated Gardner Denver as one | 13 |
| of its highest rated stocks and the company was referred to in | 14 |
| the "SmartMoney Stock Screen" of the Wall Street Journal; | 15 |
| DeMarche Associates, Inc., one of the leading investment | 16 |
| research firms in the nation, also recognized Gardner Denver as | 17 |
| being one of the 100 best companies in the United States, | 18 |
| putting it within the top 3 percent of all major U.S. | 19 |
| corporations; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Ross Centanni is active in the Petroleum Equipment | 21 |
| Suppliers Association and the International Compressed Air and | 22 |
| Allied Machinery Committee; he has served on the Board of | 23 |
| Directors for the Great River Economic Development Foundation | 24 |
| and Quincy University, among others, and he encouraged Quincy |
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| University in the development of its MBA Program; he currently | 2 |
| serves as a director of Denman Services; and
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| WHEREAS, Ross Centanni was selected as a finalist in Ernst & | 4 |
| Young's 1998 Entrepreneur of the Year Program, a measure of | 5 |
| his acute business acumen; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| congratulate Ross J. Centanni on the occasion of being inducted | 9 |
| into the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce's Business Hall of | 10 |
| Fame and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 11 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Ross Centanni as a symbol of our esteem and | 14 |
| respect.
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