Full Text of SR1612 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John Gaylord Holub, formerly of Rockford, | 4 | | who passed away on January 31, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Holub was born in Rockford to Arthur J. and | 6 | | Marie K. (nee Donaldson) Holub on May 19, 1941; he graduated | 7 | | from Rockford East High School in 1959 and attended Drake | 8 | | University in Des Moines, Iowa and Rockford College; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Holub worked for Rockford Blacktop and Holub | 10 | | and Associates, Ltd.; he served as an Alderman on the Rockford | 11 | | City Council; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, John Holub served as Director of the Rockford Area | 13 | | Chamber of Commerce, beginning in 1982; he was the first | 14 | | "activist" President of the organization and showed that | 15 | | government and business could accomplish a great deal if they | 16 | | worked together; under his leadership, the organization became | 17 | | nonpartisan and forged alliances between government
and | 18 | | business, raising more than $1 million through the Council of | 19 | | 100 to market the region; he opened an office in the Illinois | 20 | | World Trade Center to sell Rockford to the rest of the world; | 21 | | he helped the region get
a U.S. Department of Commerce | 22 | | international trade office to help companies grow through
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| 1 | | exports; he reached out to local businesses by going to a | 2 | | different company every Wednesday for over 3 years; he was | 3 | | always open to new ideas and a visionary; he was innovative, a | 4 | | servant leader, a tremendous spokesperson for Rockford, and a | 5 | | very caring person; he also served as Vice-President of the | 6 | | Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John Holub was active at Trinity and Zion Lutheran | 8 | | Churches; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Holub is survived by his children, Melissa | 10 | | (Tom) MacDonnell and Andrew (Kristen) Holub; his | 11 | | grandchildren, AJ and Elizabeth Holub and Johnny MacDonnell; | 12 | | and his brother, Joseph (Marcia) Holub; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | John Gaylord Holub, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of John Holub as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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