Full Text of HR0508 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Bill Hood on the occasion | 4 | | of his retirement as Managing Director of State and Local | 5 | | Government Affairs for American Airlines; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hood began working for American Airlines in | 7 | | 1994 and, as Managing Director, worked with State and local | 8 | | government authorities and community organizations on matters | 9 | | concerning airline regulation, airport operations, and general | 10 | | business matters in the Midwest; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Before joining American Airlines, Bill Hood | 12 | | worked as a lawyer and, for a time, managed the municipal bond | 13 | | investment banking division for Continental Bank in Chicago; he | 14 | | also served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging | 15 | | and worked as a journalist, winning several awards for | 16 | | investigative journalism; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hood has served on the boards of numerous | 18 | | business, cultural, and social service organizations; he was a | 19 | | trustee for Columbia College Chicago from 1988 through 2012 and | 20 | | its chairman from 2001 through 2005; he has served as a trustee | 21 | | for the Museum of Contemporary Art since 1998, as a board | 22 | | member of the Museum of Contemporary Photography since 1995 and |
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| 1 | | as its chairperson, as a director of the Chicago Area Project | 2 | | since 1977 and as its chairperson, as a trustee for the Chicago | 3 | | Shakespeare Theater since 2001, as a member of several | 4 | | affiliate groups of the Art Institute of Chicago, as a member | 5 | | of the National Committee of the American Friends of Versailles | 6 | | since 2008, as a member of the Chicago Historical Society | 7 | | Making History Awards Committee, as a member of the Great Lakes | 8 | | Dredge and Philharmonic Society, as a trustee for the Chicago | 9 | | Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) since 2011, as a trustee | 10 | | for the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra since 2011, as a trustee | 11 | | for Alliance Francaise, and as a member of the Chicagoland | 12 | | Chamber of Commerce, including service as president and | 13 | | treasurer of its Political Action Committee and on its | 14 | | Government Relations Committee; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hood is a member of the Sangamo Club in | 16 | | Springfield, the Racquet Club in Chicago, and the Lotos Club in | 17 | | New York; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hood's previous affiliations also include | 19 | | service as a director of the Landmarks Preservation Council of | 20 | | Illinois, as an emeritus director of Lawyers for the Creative | 21 | | Arts, as a director of the James Jordan Foundation Boys & Girls | 22 | | Club, as a director of the Chicago Chapter of the | 23 | | Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce, as a director and | 24 | | chairperson of the Law School Fund for Northwestern University |
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| 1 | | School of Law, and as chairperson of the State and Local | 2 | | Affairs Committee for the Air Transport Association; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hood and his wife, Vicki, reside in Chicago | 4 | | and have 2 sons; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate Bill Hood on his retirement as the Managing | 8 | | Director of State and Local Government Affairs for American | 9 | | Airlines; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Bill Hood as an expression of our esteem and | 12 | | respect.
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