Full Text of HR1563 95th General Assembly
HR1563 95TH 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 Mary Jo Arndt of Lombard | 4 |
| for her many years of dedicated service to the people of | 5 |
| Illinois and the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt is a graduate of Northern Illinois | 7 |
| University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in | 8 |
| education; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt has devoted much of her career to | 10 |
| political activism; she currently serves as the Chairman for | 11 |
| the Illinois Women for McCain campaign; she is a former member | 12 |
| of the Republican National Committee for Illinois and a member | 13 |
| of the RNC Executive Committee from the Midwestern Region; she | 14 |
| serves on the Board of Directors of the American Women for | 15 |
| International Understanding and is a member and advisor of the | 16 |
| Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Illinois; she is also | 17 |
| a member of the Xilin Association Board of Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt is a Past President of the National | 19 |
| Federation of Republican Women, a grassroots network of over | 20 |
| 100,000 members organized in 2,000 local chapters throughout | 21 |
| the United States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin | 22 |
| Islands; she is also a past president of the Illinois |
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| Federation of Republican Women; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt is well known among her peers as a | 3 |
| pioneer in efforts to increase opportunities for women in | 4 |
| politics, government, and education, actively working to | 5 |
| expand the party's base by bringing a diverse group of women | 6 |
| into the political system; with the support of the late Lee | 7 |
| Atwater, she founded the Illinois Republican Committeewoman's | 8 |
| Roundtable in 1989, which successfully broadens the Party's | 9 |
| reach into new communities of women; during Atwater's term, she | 10 |
| served as a member of the RNC Small Business Advisory | 11 |
| Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Through her work with the Roundtable, Mary Jo | 13 |
| Arndt established the Illinois Lincoln Excellence in Public | 14 |
| Service Series, an RNC-endorsed program that annually awards | 15 |
| ten to fifteen fellowships to women to study government and | 16 |
| politics; the organization seeks to increase the number of | 17 |
| Republican women in national and State government and party | 18 |
| decision-making positions; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt is well regarded as a pioneer of | 20 |
| grassroots involvement; she is currently serving her | 21 |
| seventeenth term as a DuPage County Precinct Committeeman; as | 22 |
| Precinct Committeeman, she managed the first door-to-door | 23 |
| voter blitz in Illinois, which became the model for the |
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| national Republican program; in 1988, she initiated the | 2 |
| Surrogate Speakers Program for President George Bush, the | 3 |
| forerunner of the successful "Women Who Win" program; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt served as a member of the U.S. Small | 5 |
| Business Administration National Advisory Council from 2001 | 6 |
| until 2007; she was selected as one of 100 women to participate | 7 |
| in Leadership America by the Foundation for Women's Resources; | 8 |
| she served as a member of the National Board of Directors of | 9 |
| Leadership America from 2001 through 2006; she also serves as a | 10 |
| member of the Advisory Board of Leadership Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, As a member of the Illinois Governor's Commission | 12 |
| on the Status of Women, Mary Jo Arndt served on the Working | 13 |
| Group on Balancing Work and Family, which explored issues such | 14 |
| as child care, elder care, and pension reform; she was | 15 |
| appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the President's | 16 |
| Commission on White House Fellows, then was reappointed by | 17 |
| President George Bush; she served as an observer of the | 18 |
| Romanian elections in May of 1990; during the Reagan | 19 |
| Administration, she became a U.S. Senate confirmed appointment | 20 |
| to the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational | 21 |
| Programs, where she served as chairman of the Women's | 22 |
| Educational Equity Act Committee and served as a member of the | 23 |
| Advisory Committee to the Illinois State Superintendent of | 24 |
| Schools; she also served, by appointment of the Governor, on |
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| the Illinois Commission for the Celebration of the 75th | 2 |
| Anniversary of the 19th Amendment; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt has been twice named a "Power | 4 |
| Personality", a woman who makes a difference in the business | 5 |
| and social environment of the Chicago area, by Today's Chicago | 6 |
| Woman; she was also selected by the Gallup Organization as a | 7 |
| "Visionary Leader for the 21st Century" and awarded her a full | 8 |
| scholarship to the Gallup Leadership Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt serves as the managing partner and | 10 |
| hospital administrator of the Lombard Veterinary Hospital with | 11 |
| her husband, Dr. Paul W. Arndt, and her daughter, Dr. | 12 |
| Georgianne Arndt Ludwig; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Mary Jo considers her best achievements to be her | 14 |
| three daughters, Dr. Kristi Arndt, D.V.M., Ed.M., Ph.D.; Kerri | 15 |
| Arndt Roselli, M.P.A.; and Dr. Georgianne Arndt Ludwig, D.V.M., | 16 |
| as well as her four grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| honor Mary Jo Arndt of Lombard for her many years of dedicated | 20 |
| service to the people of Illinois and the nation and wish her | 21 |
| continued success in her future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Mary Jo Arndt as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 |
| respect.
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