RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Karlheinz and Dagmar Kogel celebrated their Sixth Wedding Anniversary on September 8, 2015; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Karlheinz Kogel and the former Dagmar Siegel were married in a civil ceremony in 2009 at the Baden-Baden Theater in the German spa town of Baden-Baden; and
WHEREAS, Karlheinz Kogel, an internationally renowned entrepreneur and a specialist in media analysis, is the founder of the tour operator LTUR; and
WHEREAS, An active civic leader, Karlheinz Kogel is a recipient of numerous honors, including Germany's Federal Cross of Merit, the Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Baden-Baden and the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg; and
WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Dagmar Kogel is a founder of United Charity, a widely recognized German not-for-profit philanthropic organization; and
WHEREAS, The love and affection of Karlheinz and Dagmar Kogel serve as an example to all; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-fourth day of September 2015, do hereby congratulate Karlheinz and Dagmar Kogel on the occasion of their Sixth Wedding Anniversary and do hereby express our warmest and best wishes for their continued good heath, happiness and prosperity; and