Bill Text: IL HR0815 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Louis Mervis on the occasion of his retirement from the Provena United Samaritans Medical Center Board of Trustees after 6 years of distinguished service.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-01-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0815 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0815-Introduced.html
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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 Louis Mervis on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his retirement from the Provena United Samaritans | ||||||
| 5 | Medical Center Board of Trustees after 6 years of distinguished | ||||||
| 6 | service; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis graduated from Danville High School | ||||||
| 8 | with the Class of 1952; in 1956, he graduated from Indiana | ||||||
| 9 | University with a bachelor's degree in business; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis serves as Chief Executive Officer and | ||||||
| 11 | President of Mervis Industries, a corporation made up of 17 | ||||||
| 12 | divisions and 11 affiliated companies in the United States and | ||||||
| 13 | Mexico; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis has been an active member of numerous | ||||||
| 15 | civic and charitable organizations; in 1977, he served as | ||||||
| 16 | general chairman of the Danville area United Way campaign; he | ||||||
| 17 | is a past member of the Illinois Human Relations Commission; he | ||||||
| 18 | is a former chairman of the Illinois Board of the | ||||||
| 19 | Anti-Defamation League; he served as Director of the Danville | ||||||
| 20 | Chamber of Commerce; he was a three-term president of | ||||||
| 21 | Congregation Israel; he served on the Board of Directors of the | ||||||
| 22 | Danville Little League organization; he was a member of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Schlarman Foundation and the Greater Danville Development | ||||||
| 2 | Corporation; he was a founding member and past chairman of the | ||||||
| 3 | Danville Area Economic Development Corporation and was active | ||||||
| 4 | with the Gifted Children's Program of Vermilion County; he was | ||||||
| 5 | a member of the Palmer National Bank Board of Directors and the | ||||||
| 6 | Old National Bancorp Board of Directors; he was also a former | ||||||
| 7 | president of the Chicago Chapter of the Institute of Scrap | ||||||
| 8 | Recycling Industries; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis has been active in State and local | ||||||
| 10 | government; he was a member of Governor Jim Thompson's | ||||||
| 11 | final-term transition team and Governor Jim Edgar's first-term | ||||||
| 12 | transition team; he was a member of the District 118 Board of | ||||||
| 13 | Education for 6 years, serving as president for 3 of those | ||||||
| 14 | years; he was a past chairman of the DHS Advisory Council; he | ||||||
| 15 | also served as chairman of the Danville Zoning and Planning | ||||||
| 16 | Commissions; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis was a past chairman and 17-year | ||||||
| 18 | member of the Illinois State Board of Education; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis has been the recipient of numerous | ||||||
| 20 | awards and accolades; in 1966, he was the recipient of the | ||||||
| 21 | Jaycee Distinguished Service Award; in 1979, he received the | ||||||
| 22 | "First Citizen Award" from the American Business Club; in 1988, | ||||||
| 23 | he was the recipient of the first Excellence in Leadership | ||||||
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| 1 | award from Leadership Danville; in 1999, he was the recipient | ||||||
| 2 | of the Rotary Club's Vocational Service Person of the Year | ||||||
| 3 | award; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis and his wife, Sybil, have 5 children | ||||||
| 5 | and 6 grandchildren; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Louis Mervis serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
| 7 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | congratulate Louis Mervis on the occasion of his retirement and | ||||||
| 12 | wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to Louis Mervis as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 16 | respect.
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