Full Text of HR1039 096th General Assembly
HR1039 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 honor Anthony (Tony) Pintozzi, | 4 |
| Sr., founding member of the Northern Illinois Painting and | 5 |
| Drywall Institute, for his tireless dedication, hard work, and | 6 |
| years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, The Northern Illinois Painting and Drywall | 8 |
| Institute (NIPDI) was officially formed on December 21, 1978; | 9 |
| the first three NIPDI Trustees were Larry Nedrow, Anthony | 10 |
| Pintozzi, Sr., and Morris Svendsen; NIPDI was created by the | 11 |
| Northeast Illinois Chapter Painting and Decorating Contractors | 12 |
| of America in agreement with Painters District Council No. 30; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Tony Pintozzi, Sr., continued to serve NIPDI in | 15 |
| the capacity of Trustee throughout much of its 31 years up to | 16 |
| this very day, whose industry experience and historical | 17 |
| perspective have proved to be most valuable to the NIPDI | 18 |
| organization; and
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| WHEREAS, Pintz & Company Decorators was founded by Tony C. | 20 |
| Pintozzi, Sr., in 1952; He lived and worked in the city of | 21 |
| Chicago and performed interior and exterior residential | 22 |
| painting; in 1954, Tony moved to McHenry and operated the |
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| business out of the basement of his house; his brother Chuck | 2 |
| Pintozzi, joined as his partner that same year; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965 they changed the name of the company to | 4 |
| International Decorators, Inc.; in 1969 they decided to get | 5 |
| into the residential drywall business; in 1975 they started | 6 |
| installing metal stud framing and the Commercial Drywall | 7 |
| division was formed; with the expanding business, Tony and | 8 |
| Chuck moved the business into a larger facility (still in | 9 |
| McHenry) in 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, 1988 brought more changes for the company, with a | 11 |
| move into a larger facility in Lake County and starting the | 12 |
| Accoustical Ceiling Division; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1996 Anthony Pintozzi, Jr., Randy Freund, and | 14 |
| Bill Preston bought the company from Tony and Chuck; therefore, | 15 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| honor Anthony Pintozzi, Sr., for his years of service and | 19 |
| dedication to the industry, and wish him all the best for the | 20 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Anthony Pintozzi, Sr., as a symbol of our respect | 2 |
| and esteem.
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