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HR0291 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Tom Shaw on the occasion
4of his retirement after 48 years as a successful businessman;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Tom Shaw began his business career working for
7Dixon Telegraph in 1970; by 1975, he became the General Manager
8of Dixon Telegraph, and in 1986, he was named President and CEO
9of Shaw Newspapers; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Tom Shaw has had an esteemed career both within
11the confines of Shaw Media, and out; he was a member of the
12Inland Press Association, where he was President from 2008 to
132009, and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2008 to 2009;
14he was a member of the Board of Directors for PAGE from 1997 to
152015, and Director for AMCORE Bank from 1976 to 2002; he was
16the Director of Midland States Bank from 2012 to 2017, and a
17member of several of their committees concurrently; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Tom Shaw was the Lee County Republican Central
19Committee Chairman in 1990; he was the Republican National
20Convention alternate delegate in both 1980 and 1984; he was the
21Illinois State Republican Convention delegate in 1990 and was
22the President of the Dixon Family YMCA for six years; he was

 

 

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1both a member and President of the Dixon Rural Fire Protection
2District board and the KSB Hospital Foundation; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Tom Shaw has been honored with multiple awards
4over the course of his career, including being named "Who's Who
5in the Midwest" in 1989, and "Who's Who in America" from 1993
6to 2017; he was named "Outstanding Young Man of America" in
71979; in 2009, he was given the Reagan Trail Days Legacy Award;
8in 2012 and 2016, he was gifted awards from the Inland Press
9Association and in 2017, he was honored with a Distinguished
10Service Award by the Illinois Press Association; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Tom Shaw is a true family man; he is happily
12married to his wife, Tammy; they have seven children, J. Tom,
13Ben, John, Morgan, Kate, Mary, and Kylie; nine grandchildren;
14and 20 foster children; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17congratulate Tom Shaw on his retirement as CEO of Shaw Media,
18and we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it
19further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to Tom Shaw and his family as an expression of our
22esteem and respect.