City Council February 28, 2018
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Juan Daniel Balcacer was born on March 28, 1949, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and,
WHEREAS, Juan Balcacer attended elementary school in the Dominican Republic; and high school in the state of New York of the United States of America; and,
WHEREAS, Juan Balcacer was an invited guest as a lecturer at the Department of History at the University of Alabama; and,
WHEREAS, In 1998, Juan Balcacer became a member of the Dominican Academy of History of the Dominican Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Duartiano, of which he is the vice president of its Board of Directors; and,
WHEREAS, Juan Balcacer was president of the Dominican Society of Bibliophiles and subsequently during 2006 president of the Permanent Commission of Patriotic Ephemerides; and,
WHEREAS, Juan Balcacer is currently a member of the Academy of Science of the Dominican Republic, Institute of Duartiano, and the Dominican Institute of Genealogy; and,
WHEREAS, Juan Balcacer has given numerous conferences on historical subjects in national and foreign universities, and has been an editorial collaborator of Dominican newspapers and magazines; and,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this 28th day of February in 2018, do hereby congratulate Juan Daniel Balcacer on his presentation given during the 174th Dominican Independence Celebration; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Juan Daniel Balcacer, as a sign of appreciation.
Alderman, 30th Ward