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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate John W. Rowe, 
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Chairman, President, and CEO of Exelon Corporation, on being 
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honored for his achievements by the Illinois Holocaust Museum 
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and Education Center; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe has led electric utilities since 1984, 
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consecutively serving as chief executive officer of Central 
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Maine Power Company, the New England Electric System, and 
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Unicorn Corporation (one of Exelon's predecessors); he is a 
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lawyer, and was general counsel of Consolidated Rail 
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Corporation and a partner in the firm of Isham, Lincoln, and 
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Beale; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe is a member of the boards of directors of 
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Sunoco and the Northern Trust Company; he has previously served 
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on the boards of UnumProvident, Fleet Boston Financial 
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Corporation, Wisconsin Central Transportation Company, and 
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MidSouth Corporation; and
 
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    WHEREAS, His civic and professional commitments include 
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serving as chairman of the Chicago Historical Society, chairman 
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of the Board of Trustees of Illinois Institute of Technology, 
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chairman of the Mies van der Rohe Society, and vice chairman of 
 


 






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The Commercial Club of Chicago; and he is a member of the Board 
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of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, the Chicago Urban 
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League, the Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, 
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Northwestern University, the Edison Electric Institute, the 
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Nuclear Energy Institute, the Chicago Club and the visiting 
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committees of the Oriental Institute and the University of 
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Pennsylvania Museum; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe has previously been chairman of the 
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Edison Electric Institute, president of the USS Constitution 
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Museum, and chairman of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable; 
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he is also a member of the board of the Wisconsin Alumni 
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Research Foundation, WiCell Research, and has received the 
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university's Distinguished Alumni Award; he holds honorary 
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doctorates from DePaul University, Illinois Institute of 
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Technology, Drexel University, University of 
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Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and Bryant College; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe received the Executive of the Year Award 
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from the University of Arizona Eller College of Management in 
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2007, the Founder's Award for Business Leadership from The 
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Union League of Philadelphia in 2005, a Civic Leadership Award 
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from the American Jewish Committee in 2004, the City Club of 
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Chicago's Citizen of the Year award in 2002, the Corporate 
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Leadership Award from the Spanish Coalition for Jobs in 2002, 
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and the Anti-Defamation League's World of Difference award in 
 


 






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2000; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe has chaired fund raising events for the 
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Chicago Urban League, the Spanish Coalition For Jobs, El Valor, 
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the Merit School of Music, the Illinois Institute of 
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Technology, the Chicago History Museum, and the Cosmopolitan 
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Chamber of Commerce; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe holds a Bachelor's degree and a Juris 
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Doctor degree from the University of Wisconsin and its law 
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school, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of 
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the Coif; and he  is the founder of the Rowe Professorship in 
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Byzantine history; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Rowe is married to Jeanne M. Rowe and has one 
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son, William, and they reside in Chicago; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Mr. Rowe for his many achievements and wish him 
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continued success in his future endeavors; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to John W. Rowe as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.