Full Text of HR0834 93rd General Assembly
HR0834 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Dominic Mancuso | 4 |
| of Chicago on being the recipient of the 33rd annual Dante | 5 |
| Award given by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mancuso is the station manager at WGN-TV | 8 |
| (Channel 9), Chicago, where he is responsible for programming, | 9 |
| production, creative services, sales, and research; he was | 10 |
| promoted to station manager in October of 2002, having | 11 |
| previously served as director of sales for WGN-TV; he joined | 12 |
| the station in 1987 as an account executive and was appointed | 13 |
| regional sales manager in 1989, national sales manager in 1992, | 14 |
| and local sales manager in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his career at WGN-TV, Mr. Mancuso held | 16 |
| account executive positions with Blair Television and Group W | 17 |
| Satellite Communications; and
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| WHEREAS, Dominic Mancuso was born on September 6, 1958, in | 19 |
| Joliet; he has fond memories of working during his youth at | 20 |
| Mancuso Cheese Company, the family business; he earned a | 21 |
| bachelor's degree in business administration from Notre Dame | 22 |
| University with a major in marketing; he also holds a master's | 23 |
| degree in business administration from Northwestern | 24 |
| University's Kellogg School of Management; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mancuso is a member of the Broadcast | 26 |
| Advertising Club of Chicago and a past 3-term member of the | 27 |
| group's board of directors; currently, he serves as vice | 28 |
| chairman/television of the Illinois Broadcasters Association; | 29 |
| in addition, he serves as vice president and Policy Committee | 30 |
| chairman of the St. Clement Parish School Board in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mancuso and his wife, Teresa, live in Chicago; | 2 |
| they have 3 children, Kadi, Francesca Rose, and Vincent; and
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| WHEREAS, The Dante Award is given by the Joint Civic | 4 |
| Committee of Italian Americans in order to recognize positive | 5 |
| contributions being made by a person in the communication field | 6 |
| who helps foster the true image of Italian people; it is given | 7 |
| annually to a member of the fourth estate who best exemplifies | 8 |
| Dante's edict to be no timid friend to truth; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate Dominic Mancuso on being the recipient of the 33rd | 12 |
| annual Dante Award; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Dominic Mancuso as an expression of our respect | 15 |
| and esteem.
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