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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3		Representatives wish to congratulate Aurilee "Lee" J. Schenck
4		on the occasion of her 50 years of dedicated service as a Rock
5		Island community banker; and
6		WHEREAS, Aurilee Schenck's entire professional career has
7		been devoted to serving the financial requirements of Rock
8		Island customers at 2 Rock Island banks; she began her career
9		in 1965 as a clerk, manually sorting customers' paper checks
10		presented for payment before the introduction of automated
11		processes at the former Rock Island Bank and Trust Company; she
12		was subsequently promoted to the positions of Bookkeeping
13		Supervisor and Operations Officer; and
14		WHEREAS, In the early 1970s, the Rock Island Bank and Trust
15		Company changed its name to The Rock Island Bank; Aurilee
16		Schenck continued to serve in various officer capacities at the
17		bank, including Personnel Officer, Customer Service Officer,
18		and Assistant Vice President Branch Manager in 1985; she became
19		the first female Vice President of the bank when the Board
20		appointed her to serve as Vice President of Retail Banking;
21		from 1993 to 1998, she served as the bank's Vice President of
22		Community and Employee Relations; after the bank was sold in
23		November of 1998, she joined American Bank and Trust Company,

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1		N.A. in May of 1999; she currently serves as an Assistant Vice
2		President/Personal Banker at American Bank and Trust Company's
3		Rock Island Hilltop office and as Branch Manager of the Rock
4		Island Friendship Manor office; and
5		WHEREAS, Over the years, Aurilee Schenck has been very
6		involved in her community; she served as President of the local
7		Quad Cities chapter of the Bank Administration Institute, a
8		board member of the Rock Island Chamber of Commerce and a
9		Chamber Ambassador for 20 years at various events, a board
10		member of the Administrative Management Society, Bethany Home,
11		Hearts & Hammers, and the Quad Cities United Way, a 27-year
12		member of the Rock Island Kiwanis Club and the Club's first
13		woman president, and a volunteer mentor of children with the
14		local Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for 10 years; she was
15		also recognized by the City of Rock Island in an announcement
16		on August 12, 2015 as a co-winner in the individual
17		professional category for the City's annual Citizen of the Year
18		awards; and
19		WHEREAS, Aurilee Schenck serves as a model of hard work,
20		integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
21		Illinois; therefore, be it
22		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23		NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

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1		congratulate Aurilee "Lee" J. Schenck on the occasion of her 50
2		years of dedicated service and wish her continued success and
3		happiness in the future; and be it further
4		RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5		presented to Aurilee Schenck as a symbol of our esteem and
6		respect.