Bill Text: IL HR0305 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Rock Island Mayor Mark W. Schwiebert on his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-04-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0305 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0305-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Mark W. Schwiebert has provided to the citizens of | ||||||
3 | the City of Rock Island decades of public service, capping off | ||||||
4 | his career as mayor of the City of Rock Island; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert graduated from Rock Island Senior | ||||||
6 | High School in 1968; he participated in the semester studies | ||||||
7 | program in political science at American University in 1970; | ||||||
8 | received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Augustana | ||||||
9 | College in 1972, where he also received an honorary doctorate | ||||||
10 | of humane letters in 2003; and received a juris doctorate | ||||||
11 | degree from Drake University in 1975 and a masters of arts in | ||||||
12 | history in 1976; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert has had a long and distinguished | ||||||
14 | career of public service, beginning as a legislative intern | ||||||
15 | with United States Senator George McGovern in Washington, D.C.; | ||||||
16 | he served as president of the Representative Assembly at | ||||||
17 | Augustana College; mayor pro-tem of the City of Rock Island | ||||||
18 | from 1985 to 1989; a member of the Rock Island City Council | ||||||
19 | from 1981 to 1989; and mayor of the City of Rock Island from | ||||||
20 | 1989 to 2009; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert is the founder and chairman of the | ||||||
22 | Rock Island Advanced Technology and Sustainability Consortium; |
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1 | serves as chairman of the Bi-State Regional Planning | ||||||
2 | Commission; serves as vice-chairman of the Quad Cities | ||||||
3 | Development Group and as chair of the group's Rock Island | ||||||
4 | Arsenal Task Force; and serves as a member of the Quad City | ||||||
5 | Arts Board of Directors, the Rock Island Economic Growth | ||||||
6 | Corporation, the Rock Island Liquor Commission, and as a | ||||||
7 | trustee of the Rausch Foundation I; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert has been an active member of a | ||||||
9 | number of local civic organizations, including the Rock Island | ||||||
10 | Noon Kiwanis, Rock Island Art Guild, and Contemporary Club of | ||||||
11 | the Quad Cities; and
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12 | WHEREAS, In his professional life, Mr. Schwiebert has | ||||||
13 | served as a law clerk, a law lecturer at Marycrest College, is | ||||||
14 | a principal in the law firm of Schwiebert & Schwiebert, and | ||||||
15 | serves on the standing committee on Local Education, Admission, | ||||||
16 | and Competence for the Illinois State Bar Association; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert is a member of the American, | ||||||
18 | Illinois, Iowa, and Rock Island County Bar Associations; the | ||||||
19 | Quad City Estate Planning Council; the National Council on | ||||||
20 | Planned Giving; and the Association for American Justice; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert's work and achievements have | ||||||
22 | earned him numerous awards and honors, including the |
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1 | Commander's Award for Public Service from the United States | ||||||
2 | Army; the Modern Woodmen of America Community Service Award; | ||||||
3 | the Rock Island Rotary Excellence Award; Distinguished Service | ||||||
4 | Awards from the Illinois Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and | ||||||
5 | the Rock Island Jaycees; Layperson of the Year Award, Division | ||||||
6 | 17, from Kiwanis International; the Spiritual Aims Award from | ||||||
7 | the Rock Island Noon Kiwanis; and the Am Jur Award for | ||||||
8 | Excellence in Business Associates from Drake University; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert was an Inaugural Fellow at the | ||||||
10 | Augustana Institute on Leadership and Public Service; a | ||||||
11 | participant at the National Security Seminar at the United | ||||||
12 | States Army War College; a Supreme Court Day Moot Court | ||||||
13 | Finalist at Drake University; a member of the Omicron Delta | ||||||
14 | Kappa Men's Leadership Fraternity at Augustana College; and an | ||||||
15 | Eagle Scout; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert is the principal sponsor of the | ||||||
17 | Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation, the City of Rock | ||||||
18 | Island Commercial-Industrial Revolving Loan Fund, and the City | ||||||
19 | of Rock Island Historic Preservation Ordinance; he played a | ||||||
20 | leadership role in downtown Rock Island development efforts and | ||||||
21 | Illinois Quad Cities Intergovernmental Cooperation | ||||||
22 | Initiatives; and
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23 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert has been able to have the fruits of |
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1 | one of his hobbies, watercolor and oil painting, placed on | ||||||
2 | display at the Solo Exhibit of Watercolors at Studio 15 in | ||||||
3 | Davenport, Iowa in 1992, at the Rock Island Public Library in | ||||||
4 | 1993, and at a joint exhibit in 2001; he authored and | ||||||
5 | co-produced text for a CD, "14 Stations, Revisited"; and | ||||||
6 | participated in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem in 1995 and | ||||||
7 | the Sea of Galilee in 2003; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Mr. Schwiebert enjoys traveling, running, | ||||||
9 | weightlifting, watercolor and oil painting, writing, reading, | ||||||
10 | and archeology, and he looks forward to spending more time with | ||||||
11 | his wife, Deborah, following his retirement as mayor; | ||||||
12 | therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
15 | congratulate Mayor Mark Schwiebert on his years of public | ||||||
16 | service to the City of Rock Island and for his commitment to | ||||||
17 | the betterment of the Rock Island community; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to Mayor Schwiebert as a symbol of our respect.
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