RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BARTLETT J. MCCARTIN, III FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WHEREAS, Bartlett J. McCartin, III is nearing the end of his unprecedented second term as the Chairman of the Corporate Board of Boys & Girls Club; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this milestone by the Honorable Harry Osterman, Alderman of the 48th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Bartlett grew up in the Chicagoland region in a tight-knit family that had a tremendous understanding of the value of service to others; and
WHEREAS, While attending St. Ignatius College Prep school in Little Italy, Bartlett became involved in the trades and learned the family business part time; he went on to become the first in the McCartin family to attend college, earning a degree in Business Administration and Public Relations from Pepperdine University; and
WHEREAS, Recognizing the critical importance of higher education, Bartlett later attended the London School of Economics and International Institute for Management Development Business School in Switzerland and brought that knowledge and experience back home to Chicago, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of his family company, the McCartin Group/McCartin Industrial Services Group, and successfully lead the 103-year-old, third-generation industrial construction and engineering company until 2005 when they merged with multi-national company, Aker; and
WHEREAS, After overseeing the merger of the family company with Aker, Bartlett served as First Executive Vice President of Aker, responsible for the company's $2.1 billion construction and engineering group operating in the US, Canada, South America and the European Union; and,
WHEREAS, In 2009, Bartlett began serving as a principal, managing partner, and part-owner of National Investment Services; even though the positions he has held have afforded him the opportunity to travel and relocate to anywhere in the world, Bartlett has always returned to Chica...
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