RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch, has announced his intention to step down as Deputy Mayor of Chicago in August, 2017, after five years of dedicated service; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago City Council has been informed of his decision by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch received his B.A. from Hampshire College, his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Chicago Law School; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch was a Henry Luce Scholar, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Cudahy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch joined First Boston in 1985, having previously worked at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch spent twenty-seven years of his career with Credit Suisse as an investment banker; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch served in a number of senior leadership roles, and as Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse Global Mergers and Acquisitions; and
WHEREAS, during his distinguished career with Credit Suisse, the Honorable Steven Koch advised on many notable transactions spanning a broad range of industries that together comprised more than one-trillion dollars; and
WHEREAS, among the deals the Honorable Steven Koch advised on were Fortune Brands' spin-off of Beam Brands, the Aon Corporation's takeover of Hewitt and Nestle's takeovers of Ralston Purina and Gerber; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch helped develop (and taught) in the Director's Consortium, a seminar sponsored by Dartmouth University, the University of Chicago and Stanford Business Schools that trains corporate directors; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Steven Koch served as a Presidential appointee to the Independent Advisory Panel of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board; and
WHEREAS, on August 12, 2012, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the appointment of the Honorable Steven...
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