Bill Text: IL SR0550 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Norman R. Bobins for his outstanding leadership, selfless service, generous philanthropy, and willingness to help local communities prosper and thrive.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SR0550 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0550-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Norman R. Bobins, a native Chicagoan and | ||||||
3 | pre-eminent banker, has served the Illinois banking industry | ||||||
4 | for a period spanning five decades; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Norman Bobins began his career in 1967 at the | ||||||
6 | American National Bank and Trust Company in Chicago; in 1981, | ||||||
7 | he joined Exchange National Bank, which was later acquired by | ||||||
8 | LaSalle Bank; he retired from ABN AMRO and LaSalle Bank | ||||||
9 | Corporation as chairman, president, and chief executive | ||||||
10 | officer in 2007; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Norman Bobins currently serves as the | ||||||
12 | non-executive chairman of The PrivateBank and Trust Company in | ||||||
13 | Chicago and non-executive chairman of the board of Transco, | ||||||
14 | Inc.; he also serves on the corporate boards of AAR CORP., | ||||||
15 | Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., and RREEF America REIT II, | ||||||
16 | Inc.; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Norman Bobins has provided continuous leadership | ||||||
18 | and has devoted a lifetime of community service to dozens of | ||||||
19 | local, State, and national civic organizations, including | ||||||
20 | serving four consecutive four-year terms as a member of the | ||||||
21 | Chicago Board of Education, serving as a board trustee of WTTW | ||||||
22 | Communications, Inc., where he served as chairman for six |
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1 | years, and as a member of the boards of directors of the | ||||||
2 | Auditorium Theatre, Brain Research Foundation, The Field | ||||||
3 | Museum, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Illinois | ||||||
4 | Sports Facilities Authority, Navy Pier, Inc., and the Wisconsin | ||||||
5 | Alumni Research Foundation; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Norman Bobins is a Life Member of the University | ||||||
7 | of Chicago Booth School of Business, former chairman of the | ||||||
8 | board of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and has served as | ||||||
9 | a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Norman Bobins has received numerous awards | ||||||
11 | including the Illinois Bankers Association's 2014 Illinois | ||||||
12 | Banker of the Year Award, the 2012 Woodrow Wilson Award for | ||||||
13 | Corporate Citizenship, the 2007 Order of Lincoln, the State of | ||||||
14 | Illinois' highest award, the 2007 Chicagoland Chamber of | ||||||
15 | Commerce's Daniel H. Burnham Distinguished Leadership Award, | ||||||
16 | the 2003 University of Chicago Graduate School of Business' | ||||||
17 | Distinguished Corporate Alumnus Award, and the 1992 Human | ||||||
18 | Rights Medallion from the American Jewish Committee; | ||||||
19 | therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize Norman R. | ||||||
22 | Bobins for his outstanding leadership, selfless service, | ||||||
23 | generous philanthropy, and willingness to help local |
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1 | communities prosper and thrive; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That we congratulate Norman Bobins for his 50 | ||||||
3 | years of service to the banking industry and in helping to | ||||||
4 | promote economic and job growth in the great State of Illinois, | ||||||
5 | for serving as a teacher and mentor to so many Illinois | ||||||
6 | bankers, and for his unfaltering commitment to community and | ||||||
7 | State; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | ||||||
9 | Norman Bobins and his wife, Virginia, at the Annual Conference | ||||||
10 | of the Illinois Bankers Association on June 23, 2017 as an | ||||||
11 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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