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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 good health and richly deserved happiness, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and an official copy of same be presented to Donald E. Chapman to commemorate this joyous occasion.
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