Full Text of HR0792 93rd General Assembly
HR0792 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of Illinois House of Representatives | 3 |
| wish to congratulate Mr. Florian J. Barbi on receiving the Man | 4 |
| of the Year Award presented by the Italo-American Soccer and | 5 |
| Cultural Club, the "Maroons"; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barbi is the chairman of the board, president, | 7 |
| and CEO of First Nations Bank of Wheaton (FNBW), FNBW-Bank | 8 |
| Chicago, and Bank of Bourbonnais; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barbi was born in Fornaci Di Barga near Lucca, | 10 |
| Italy; he came to the United States with his parents when he | 11 |
| was a child; the family eventually settled in Elmwood Park, | 12 |
| where Mr. Barbi's mother and father, Anna Maria and Luigi, | 13 |
| owned and operated an Italian deli know as Alpine Food Store, | 14 |
| which flourished under their proprietorship for 45 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barbi went to work at the family business at | 16 |
| an early age, helping his parents after school and on weekends; | 17 |
| after graduating from Benedictine University in 1970, he | 18 |
| embarked on what would become a highly successful career in | 19 |
| banking, holding positions at Capitol Bank in Chicago and later | 20 |
| at First State Bank of Chicago; he headed up lending | 21 |
| departments at those institutions, actively assisting many | 22 |
| Italian Americans, some of them immigrants and | 23 |
| first-generation customers; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barbi is treasurer of the Edison Park Chamber | 25 |
| of Commerce and also sits on the Board of Directors of the | 26 |
| Illinois Banking Association; he is the third vice president of | 27 |
| the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, a council | 28 |
| member of Casa Italia, and other various Italian-American | 29 |
| organizations, including the Maroon's Soccer Club; he was also | 30 |
| co-recipient of the Joseph Cardinal Bernadin Humanitarian | 31 |
| Award in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barbi and his wife, Dora, live in Deerfield | 2 |
| and have three children; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The Man of the Year Award will be presented to Mr. | 4 |
| Barbi on April 17, 2004 by the Maroons Italian American Soccer | 5 |
| and Cultural Club; the Maroons Club sponsors players and teams | 6 |
| and recognizes their outstanding play by awarding scholarships | 7 |
| to various universities and colleges in Illinois; their players | 8 |
| have been named National Collegiate Players of the Year, | 9 |
| members of Olympic Teams, National Youth Teams, Midwest | 10 |
| All-Star Teams, and Pan American National Teams; and
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| WHEREAS, The Maroons Club also works to advance the | 12 |
| interest of the local Italian American community and to provide | 13 |
| the opportunity for children of all nationalities to play a | 14 |
| sport loved by millions; members perform volunteer work as | 15 |
| coaches in many communities in the Chicagoland area; therefore, | 16 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Florian J. Barbi on being honored with the 2004 | 20 |
| Man of the Year Award by the Italo-American Soccer and Cultural | 21 |
| Club, the "Maroons", and recognize his unswerving devotion to | 22 |
| the people of the Italian American community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to Florian J. Barbi as a token of our respect.
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