RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Marshall Pierce & Company, one of Chicago's longest continually operating retailers, will celebrate the occasion of its Eighty-Fifth Anniversary on Thursday, October 24, 2013, at The Peninsula Hotel; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Marshall Pierce & Company, a leading purveyor of fine Swiss timepieces and exquisite jewelry, is operated by the Bern family; and
WHEREAS, Marshall Pierce & Company has been located at 29 East Madison Street for the entire eighty-five years, making the business the oldest tenant in the building; and
WHEREAS, Marshall Pierce & Company is now run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Bern family which has been in the jewelry business since 1897; and
WHEREAS, The Bern family annually donates watches to honor Valor Award recipients presented by the 100 Club, an organization that provides for the surviving spouses and dependents of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics who lose their lives in the line-of-duty; and
WHEREAS, Members of the Bern family have served on both the boards of the 100 Club and Catholic Charities and are widely admired for their civic contributions to the City of Chicago; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this sixteenth day of October, 2013, do hereby congratulate Marshall Pierce & Company on its Eighty-Fifth Anniversary and do hereby express our best wishes for its continued success; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Jerry Bern, President of Marshall Pierce & Company.
Alderman - 14th Ward