HR0192 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR0192 LRB099 10916 MST 31255 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Ron Kiefer on being named the 2015 Citizen of the Year by the City of Darien; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer has been an educator, counselor, and principal in the Cicero School District; after 34 years of guiding, enriching, and enhancing thousands of young lives, he retired in 2000; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer was a member of the Jaycees in the 1960s and 1970s; in 1971, he was selected as one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Men" by the Illinois Jaycees; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer was elected to the Morton College Board of Trustees in 1983, serving 7 years, 2 of them as Board Chairman; he served 2 years as Chairman of the Educational Excellence Committee of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association and was Chairman of the West Suburban Region of Community Trustees for one year; he served over 20 years with the Morton Scholarship League, 10 of them as President; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer served as President of the Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn and was awarded the "Hold My Hand Award" in 2007; he also served on the Youth Opportunities Subcommittee of the Cicero Youth Task Force; he is an avid supporter of SEASPAR and UCP; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer has been an important member of the Darien Lions Club since 2001; he has been a member of Darien's Planning and Zoning Commission since October of 2002; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer is known to be a good neighbor and friend who checks on the well-being of his elderly neighbors, clears their snow in winter, and cuts their grass in the summer; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer has been a resident of Darien since 1990; he and Esther Kiefer married in 1996 and they have 2 children, Brian and Lynn, and 4 grandchildren, Christina, Colin, Camden, and Sloane; and

WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer epitomizes what a "citizen of the year" should be; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Ron Kiefer on being named the 2015 Citizen of the Year by the City of Darien; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Ron Kiefer as an expression of our esteem and respect.