Bill Text: IL HR1476 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Frank Maloney on the occasion of his retirement as ticket operations director of the Chicago Cubs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR1476 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1476-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 Frank Maloney on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his retirement as ticket operations director of | ||||||
5 | the Chicago Cubs; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Frank Maloney graduated from the University of | ||||||
7 | Michigan in 1962; prior to his service with the Cubs, he had a | ||||||
8 | distinguished career in college football, serving as an | ||||||
9 | assistant coach at the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1973 | ||||||
10 | and as the head football coach at Syracuse University from 1974 | ||||||
11 | to 1980; he also served as head football coach at Mt. Carmel | ||||||
12 | High School from 1963 to 1967; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Frank Maloney joined the Cubs in November of 1981 | ||||||
14 | as director of group sales; he became director of ticket sales | ||||||
15 | in 1984; and
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16 | WHEREAS, During Frank Maloney's 29 seasons in the Cubs | ||||||
17 | ticket office, including the last 27 seasons as director, he | ||||||
18 | has overseen 9 single-season attendance records, including | ||||||
19 | Wrigley Field's first 2-million fan season in 1984 and its | ||||||
20 | first 3-million fan season in 2004; he also helped the Cubs to | ||||||
21 | 7 consecutive seasons with 3 million fans at Wrigley Field | ||||||
22 | starting in 2004, making the Cubs one of only 5 organizations |
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1 | to reach that mark in each of the last 7 years; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Frank Maloney plans to | ||||||
3 | spend more time with his loving wife, Kathleen, and his | ||||||
4 | children, Michael, Molly, and Kelly, but will remain with the | ||||||
5 | Chicago Cubs as a consultant during the 2011 season; therefore, | ||||||
6 | be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
9 | congratulate Frank Maloney on the occasion of his retirement | ||||||
10 | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | ||||||
11 | further
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12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to Frank Maloney as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
14 | respect.
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