Full Text of HR0833 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a rich and historic manufacturing | 3 | | legacy with the earliest documented manufacturer in Illinois | 4 | | identified as a buffalo skin tannery in 1702 at VaBache; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Centuries ago, people migrated to Illinois for | 6 | | natural resource abundance, an ability to transport products | 7 | | around the world, and agricultural wonders, unlocking the | 8 | | ability for manufacturing growth; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Illinois flourished and witnessed the dawn of | 10 | | manufacturing progress; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Today, Illinois manufacturers employ more than | 12 | | 650,000 workers and contribute the single largest share of the | 13 | | Illinois economy; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Illinois manufacturers have played a role in | 15 | | nearly every major event in our nation's history, including | 16 | | the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Space Race, and | 17 | | Industry 4.0; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Manufacturers' Association was | 19 | | founded in Chicago in 1893 and is the nation's oldest, and one | 20 | | of the largest, state manufacturing trade associations; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Illinois manufacturers use innovation and | 2 | | ingenuity to help envision and build the future; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Illinois manufacturers produce life-saving | 4 | | products, help feed the world, create products that transport | 5 | | people and product around the world and into space, power our | 6 | | homes and businesses, and help provide for our nation's | 7 | | defense; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Manufacturers' Association created | 9 | | an Illinois Manufacturing Hall of Fame to recognize people, | 10 | | products, and companies that have left an indelible mark on | 11 | | Illinois manufacturing; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The first class of inductees into the Illinois | 13 | | Manufacturing Hall of Fame includes: | 14 | | (1) Linda McGill Boasmond, owner of the Cedar Concepts | 15 | | Corporation, the first and only African-American, | 16 | | woman-owned chemical company in the United States; she | 17 | | served as the second female and first Black chair in the | 18 | | history of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association and is | 19 | | a passionate advocate for engaging girls in STEM programs; | 20 | | (2) Blouke Carus, a polymath engineer educated at | 21 | | Caltech; he transformed Carus LLC into a global leader | 22 | | while launching both the Open Court Language Arts Program |
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| 1 | | and the Cricket Magazine Group with his wife, Marianne | 2 | | Carus, resulting in significant improvements in children's | 3 | | literacy; | 4 | | (3) Martin Cooper, an American engineer; he led the | 5 | | Motorola team that developed the first cell phone and | 6 | | placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell | 7 | | phone in 1973; | 8 | | (4) Abraham Lincoln, the first and only U.S. president | 9 | | with a patent; he signed the Pacific Railway Act into law, | 10 | | creating the transcontinental railroad that connected and | 11 | | secured the great expanse of the United States from sea to | 12 | | shining sea; | 13 | | (5) A.E. Staley, founder of the A.E. Staley Mfg. | 14 | | Company; he rose from humble beginnings on a farm to | 15 | | create a global agricultural manufacturing company while | 16 | | founding the Decatur Staleys that later became the Chicago | 17 | | Bears; | 18 | | (6) Arthur Velasquez, founder of Azteca Foods; he and | 19 | | nine other Mexican Americans created an international food | 20 | | manufacturer fueled by a passion to bring traditional, | 21 | | quality Mexican food to a wider group of consumers; | 22 | | (7) Cell Phone, created by Motorola; it sparked a | 23 | | technological revolution, changed communication globally, | 24 | | and is considered one of the most important inventions of | 25 | | the 20th Century; | 26 | | (8) Cracker Jack, featuring a recipe of popcorn, |
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| 1 | | peanuts, and molasses; it was first produced by the | 2 | | Rueckheim brothers, was presented at the 1893 World's Fair | 3 | | in Chicago, and was mentioned in the famed Take Me Out to | 4 | | the Ball Game song; | 5 | | (9) Dishwasher, created in Illinois by Josephine | 6 | | Cochrane who later founded the Garis-Cochrane | 7 | | Manufacturing Company; patented in 1886, it was the first | 8 | | dishwasher to rely on heat and water pressure, making | 9 | | dishwashers that provided a better, safer, and faster way | 10 | | to clean dishes; | 11 | | (10) Lincoln Logs, a children's construction toy and | 12 | | the namesake of President Abraham Lincoln; invented by | 13 | | John Lloyd Wright and produced by The Red Square Toy | 14 | | Company, it was the first toy to be marketed to both boys | 15 | | and girls to encourage creativity; | 16 | | (11) Steel Plow, created by a young blacksmith named | 17 | | John Deere; it was made with cast steel that allowed | 18 | | farmers to cut through heavy soil, which allowed for more | 19 | | efficient and increased food production as well as the | 20 | | expansion of usable land; | 21 | | (12) Abbott, a global healthcare leader; founded in | 22 | | Chicago in 1888, it helps people live more fully at all | 23 | | stages of life with technologies and products in | 24 | | diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded | 25 | | generic medicines; | 26 | | (13) Caterpillar Inc., an iconic and innovative |
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| 1 | | company that helped build America; its legacy began with | 2 | | the production of a steam tractor in 1890 and now includes | 3 | | famed mining, agriculture, and construction equipment, | 4 | | including bulldozers, road graders, and large mining | 5 | | trucks; | 6 | | (14) IMA Founding Members; the Illinois Manufacturers' | 7 | | Association is the oldest statewide manufacturing trade | 8 | | association in the United States and was founded in | 9 | | Chicago in 1893 by Amsted Industries, Brunswick, the | 10 | | Western Edison Light Company (Commonwealth Edison), Dial | 11 | | Soap, Deere & Company, People's Gas, and The Tablet & | 12 | | Ticket Company; | 13 | | (15) Knapheide Manufacturing Company; founded in | 14 | | Quincy in 1848 by Herman Heinrich Knapheide as the | 15 | | Knapheide Wagon Company, the company has evolved from | 16 | | making wagons, spokes, and axles to customized truck | 17 | | bodies and truck beds used across multiple industries, | 18 | | including agriculture, contracting, construction, | 19 | | forestry, and water; | 20 | | (16) University of Illinois System; comprised of three | 21 | | universities, the University of Illinois System, | 22 | | originally founded as Illinois Industrial University, | 23 | | fulfills its land-grant mission by providing education and | 24 | | research opportunities to more than 94,000 students, | 25 | | creating pathways to economic development and graduating | 26 | | more engineering students than any other institution of |
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| 1 | | higher education; and | 2 | | (17) Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, an American candy and | 3 | | chewing gum company founded in Chicago in 1891 by William | 4 | | Wrigley Jr., now part of Mars and home of some of the most | 5 | | iconic snacking, food, and pet care brands in the world; | 6 | | it is the largest producer and distributor of chewing gum | 7 | | in the world and funded the All-American Girls Baseball | 8 | | League during World War II; therefore, be it | 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate the initial inductees of the Illinois | 12 | | Manufacturing Hall of Fame; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the Illinois Manufacturers' Association as a | 15 | | symbol of our respect and esteem. |
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