RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner, former Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff under President George H.W. Bush, has been named a recipient of the 2017 Order of Lincoln Award by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this honor by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, The Order of Lincoln is the State of Illinois' highest award given to individuals whose achievements and contributions to the betterment of society have brought honor to the state; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner was born in Chicago and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, and is an alumnus of the University of Illinois and DePaul University College of Law; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner was a lieutenant and a platoon leader in the United States Army from 1960-1961, and is a member of the United States Army ROTC Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner was appointed as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois by President Richard Nixon in 1968; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner was appointed to United States Attorney by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and served in that capacity for two years; and
WHEREAS, While acting as senior partner of the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin LLP, the Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner served on the Illinois Fraud Prevention Commission, the Illinois Coal Conversion Task Force, the Illinois Capital Development Board, the Regional Transportation Authority, and was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the Vice Chairman of the President's Commission on Organized Crime; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner became the United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H.W. Bush in 1989; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner guided the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act into law which created a new structure for the nation's transportation planning and fundin...
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