SALUTE TO NEIL BOSKANO
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago City Council salutes Neil Bosanko, an outstanding civic leader and a cherished native of this city's South Side; and
WHEREAS, While a student at Bowen High School in the early 1970s, Neil Bosanko rose to accept his role as a contributing member of society. He founded the Afro-American History Club, organized block clubs and community groups to clean vacant lots and viaducts, thus creating a working between the various ethnic and racial groups who makeup the broader social fabric of this great city; and
WHEREAS, After graduation Neil Bosanko joined the Peace Corp/VISA program to work on PROJECT FIND, a program created by the Office of the Governor. Employing his experience working with different ethnic groups during those high school days, Mr. Bosanko helped senior citizens who weren't fluent in English understand and access social services that were available to them throughout the city and the nation's Midwest. Deciding to concentrate more on local issues, Mr. Bosanko took a position with the South Chicago Neighborhood House. He began at the bottom rung ofthe ladder as a youth service coordinator, but eventually ascended to become director of the South Chicago Neighborhood House; and
WHEREAS, Neil Bosanko reluctantly took a medical leave from a job he to which he had devoted countless hours of community service. Upon his return, he assumed a new position with the South Chicago Chamber of Commerce where he utilized his vast intercultural experience to bring together members of the Chinese and Native American community thereby creating a better understand each other's cultural heritage. Mr. Bosanko used these skills to facilitate affective relations between the business, social service, religious, and academic communities to probe the cause of problems adversely affecting the neighborhoods in which he worked; and
WHEREAS, Neil Bosanko has always exhibited an innate ability to ease ethnic tensions. This ability becam...
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