Bill Text: IL HR0959 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Sandy Benson on her retirement as Director of Community and Government Relations at Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0959 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0959-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 Sandy Benson on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of her retirement as Director of Community and | ||||||
| 5 | Government Relations at Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Sandy Benson is the Director of Community and | ||||||
| 7 | Government Relations at Edward Hospital, where she's worked for | ||||||
| 8 | more than 20 years, beginning in 1991; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Sandy Benson has been instrumental in the effort | ||||||
| 10 | to improve access to healthcare in the west and southwest | ||||||
| 11 | suburbs of Chicago and has been a passionate lobbyist on | ||||||
| 12 | healthcare issues; she has brought a wealth of expertise from | ||||||
| 13 | her service on the Naperville, Plainfield, and Oswego Chamber | ||||||
| 14 | Boards and the Naperville Library Board; in addition, she has | ||||||
| 15 | served and continues to serve in a variety of capacities for | ||||||
| 16 | the Naperville Chamber of Commerce, the Naperville School | ||||||
| 17 | District 203, the Naperville Development Partnership, and the | ||||||
| 18 | Rotary Club of Naperville; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Sandy Benson has been honored for her community | ||||||
| 20 | service with the prestigious "Influential Women in Business | ||||||
| 21 | Award" from The Business Leger and the Naperville Jaycees | ||||||
| 22 | "Distinguished Service Award"; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Sandy Benson has a bachelor's degree in Business | ||||||
| 2 | Administration with a minor in Speech Communications from | ||||||
| 3 | Elmhurst College; she and her husband, John, have lived in | ||||||
| 4 | Naperville for more than 35 years; they have a son, Garth; a | ||||||
| 5 | daughter-in-law, Sereen; and a granddaughter, Hadley; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, A celebration in Sandy Benson's honor will be held | ||||||
| 7 | on April 15, 2014 at the Meson Sabika restaurant in Naperville; | ||||||
| 8 | therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we congratulate Sandy Benson on her retirement as Director of | ||||||
| 12 | Community and Government Relations at Edward-Elmhurst | ||||||
| 13 | Healthcare; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to Sandy Benson as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 16 | respect.
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