Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 16-4378

• File #: 16-4378
• Version: 1
• Name: DONALD E. CHAPMAN
• Type: Consent Calendar Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 7/11/2016
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 7/13/2016
• Final action: 7/13/2016
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF DONALD E. CHAPMAN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLOWS COUNCIL ON AGING WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Donald E. Chapman is retiring as the Executive Director of the PLOWS Council on Aging; and WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman is a long-time Oak Lawn resident and former Village of Oak Lawn Building Commissioner who assisted the victims of the destructive tornado that ravaged the Village in 1967; and WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman served as Director of Planning and Development for the Village of Oak Park; and WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman served as the Executive Director of the Oak Park Housing Authority and oversaw the construction of their 20-story low income senior housing building; and WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman was named interim Director of the PLOWS Council on Aging in June of 1975, an organization that grew out of a grass roots initiative to provide funding for services for seniors in P...
• Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, SEAN M. MORRISON, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
7/13/2016	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF DONALD E. CHAPMAN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLOWS COUNCIL ON AGING

WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Donald E. Chapman is retiring as the Executive Director of the PLOWS Council on Aging; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman is a long-time Oak Lawn resident and former Village of Oak Lawn Building Commissioner who assisted the victims of the destructive tornado that ravaged the Village in 1967; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman served as Director of Planning and Development for the Village of Oak Park; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman served as the Executive Director of the Oak Park Housing Authority and oversaw the construction of their 20-story low income senior housing building; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman was named interim Director of the PLOWS Council on Aging in June of 1975, an organization that grew out of a grass roots initiative to provide funding for services for seniors in Palos, Lemont, Orland and Worth Townships; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman has served as Executive Director for of the PLOWS Council on Aging for 40 years; and

WHEREAS, under Donald E. Chapman's leadership the PLOWS Council on Aging has grown to 67 employees and 100 volunteers and serves 12,000 people annually; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman's diligent work has ensured that the PLOWS Council on Aging will continue to provide the highest level of service to persons 60 years of age or older who are physically, psychologically, or financially in need; and

WHEREAS, Donald E. Chapman's commitment to the senior community has helped to ensure that local seniors are treated with dignity, compassion and respect; therefore

BE IT RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby extend its warmest wishes and congratulations to Donald E. Chapman on the occasion of his retirement, and join all who have had the pleasure of his friendship in wishing him still more years of...