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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate David F. Vite on | ||||||
| 4 | his retirement as President and Chief Executive Officer of the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois Retail Merchants Association; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Retail Merchants Association is the | ||||||
| 7 | statewide professional organization for retailing and a voice | ||||||
| 8 | of the business community in State government, representing | ||||||
| 9 | more than 23,000 stores of all sizes and merchandise lines | ||||||
| 10 | across Illinois; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, David Vite joined the Illinois Retail Merchants | ||||||
| 12 | Association in 1978 as a Field Representative; during his | ||||||
| 13 | career with the Association, he held the positions of Manager | ||||||
| 14 | Member Relations, Vice President Government Affairs, and | ||||||
| 15 | Executive Vice President, becoming President in May 1985; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, As the Illinois Retail Merchants Association's | ||||||
| 17 | chief lobbyist, David Vite directed all legislative and | ||||||
| 18 | governmental affairs activities and served as liaison for | ||||||
| 19 | members of the Association with elected officials and | ||||||
| 20 | administrative, department, and agency representatives; he was | ||||||
| 21 | named "Best Business Lobbyist" by Crain's Chicago Business; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, David Vite served as a member of the Employment | ||||||
| 2 | Security Advisory Board for more than 20 years under 5 Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | governors; he served on the Workers' Compensation Advisory | ||||||
| 4 | Board and on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of | ||||||
| 5 | the National Retail Federation for 2 years; he chaired the | ||||||
| 6 | National Association of State Retail Association Executives | ||||||
| 7 | for one term, and served as the Speaker of the Illinois Third | ||||||
| 8 | House in 2002; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, David Vite has taken part in negotiations on some | ||||||
| 10 | of the most historic issues facing the State of Illinois; in | ||||||
| 11 | 1988, he and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association helped | ||||||
| 12 | reform Illinois tax laws and, in 1997, he was chosen by the | ||||||
| 13 | Legislative Caucus Chairs to facilitate discussions on | ||||||
| 14 | electric deregulation, one of the State's most comprehensive | ||||||
| 15 | pieces of legislation in decades; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, David Vite has devoted much of his life to serving | ||||||
| 17 | the public interest; he served on the school board of St. | ||||||
| 18 | Mary's Elementary School in Woodstock for 5 years and as | ||||||
| 19 | Chairman for 2 years; he spent 8 years on the Memorial Hospital | ||||||
| 20 | of McHenry County Board of Directors from 1989-1997, holding | ||||||
| 21 | the position of Board Chairman for 3 years; he also served on | ||||||
| 22 | the Centegra Health System Board of Directors for 2 years; and | ||||||
| 23 | WHEREAS, David Vite is a United States Army veteran and a | ||||||
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| 1 | graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; he and his | ||||||
| 2 | wife, Jane, have 2 daughters, Amanda (husband Chris) and | ||||||
| 3 | Gretchen (husband Aaron) and one granddaughter, Vivian, the | ||||||
| 4 | apple of his eye; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 7 | we congratulate David F. Vite on his retirement as President | ||||||
| 8 | and Chief Executive Officer of the Illinois Retail Merchants | ||||||
| 9 | Association and wish him the best in all his future endeavours; | ||||||
| 10 | and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to David Vite as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 13 | respect.
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