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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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was founded in 1994 and is a publicly and privately supported 
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not-for-profit organization; it was created to significantly 
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raise Illinois worldwide competitiveness by improving the 
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performance of its institutions and businesses; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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has created an award patterned after the Malcolm Baldridge 
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National Quality Award, the award is an annual recognition of 
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Illinois organizations that have demonstrated exemplary 
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approach, deployment, and results in their overall quality 
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systems and processes; it is presented to organizations that 
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serve as role models for quality, customer satisfaction, and 
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performance excellence; and 

 
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    WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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has awarded St. Mary's Good Samaritan, located in Centralia and 
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Mt. Vernon, the 2003 Lincoln Gold Award for Achievement of 
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Excellence; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In addition, ten other Illinois organizations 
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were recognized with the 2003 Lincoln Bronze Award for 
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Commitment to Excellence for their earnest efforts to adopt and 
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apply continuous improvement principles; these recipients  
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include  the City of St. Charles; Community Consolidated Schools 
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District 59 in the Elk Grove Township; Consolidated School 
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District 158 in  Huntley; Friendship Junior High School in Des 
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Plaines; Grainger Parts Division, a division of W.W. Grainger, 
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Inc. in  Northbrook; Holmes Junior High School in Mt. Prospect; 
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Memorial Health System in Springfield; Pekin Public Schools 
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District #108 in Pekin; VIVA USA, Inc. in Rolling Meadows; and 
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West Suburban College of Nursing in Oak Park; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Award recipients were formally honored at the 
 


 






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Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence Ninth Annual 
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Recognition Ceremony, hosted by Michael J. Birck, Tellabs' 
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Chairman and CEO,  on December 2, 2003; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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recognize The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
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and its efforts to assist Illinois organizations to strive for 
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performance excellence; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Lincoln Foundation For Performance Excellence 
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and each 2003 Performance Excellence Award recipient as an 
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expression of our respect and esteem.