RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Thomas H. Miner, founder of the influential Mid-America Committee for International Business and Cooperation and the global trade-consulting firm Thomas H. Miner & Associates celebrated his ninetieth birthday on June 19, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago City Council has been informed of this milestone by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Thomas H. Miner, the son of Thirza Miner and Lester Ward Miner, a World War I veteran, was born Shelbyville, Illinois and relocated with his family to the Beverly Hills community when he was seven; and
WHEREAS, following graduation from Morgan Park High School, Thomas H. Miner enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to an infantry unit at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant after only four months in service; and
WHEREAS, Thomas H. Miner enrolled in West Point with the intention of studying engineering, but resigned after one year in order to pursue his college studies elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, Thomas H. Miner earned a Bachelor's Degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois before entering the University oflllinois Law School where he earned his J.D. in 1953; and
WHEREAS, in the 1950s Thomas H. Miner was employed by the Scott, McLeish & Falk law firm; the Continental Bank of Chicago; and two manufacturing firms, Harper-Wyman, and H.D. Hudson; and
WHEREAS, while managing 450 Harper-Wyman International employees and expanding the firm's footprint in Mexico City and South America, Thomas H. Miner formed a trading company with Russell Baker, founder of the Baker & McKenzie law firm; and
WHEREAS, with H.D. Hudson, a manufacturer of spraying equipment, Thomas H. Miner established a company presence in Europe and across the globe; and
WHEREAS, named one of Chicago's ten outstanding young men of 1962 by the Chicagoland Jaycees, he left H.D. Hudson in order to devote his energies to advancing his newly formed consulting firm, Thomas H. Miner & Associates; and
WHEREAS, at...
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