Ray LaHood 2014 Henri de Tonti Recipient The Historical Society Board of Trustees, in conjunction with the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service at Bradley University, is pleased to honor former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the Honorable Ray LaHood, with the 2014 Henri de Tonti award for outstanding principled community leadership. An award ceremony will be held Saturday, September 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the Peoria Civic Center ballroom. Following his graduation from Bradley University in 1971, Ray La-Hood taught middle school social studies and has stated, “teaching kids . . . about the constitution and government” stirred his interest in politics. From 1982 until 1994, La-Hood was the administrative assistant and ultimately the chief of staff to U.S. House minority lead-er, the Honorable Robert Michel. When Michel announced his retirement in 1994, LaHood ran for and won his seat in the House, representing Illinois’s 18th congressional district for the next 14 years. Ray served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Appropriations Committee. In 2008, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he would nominate LaHood to be the next Transportation Secretary. LaHood served as the Transportation Secretary for four years during the first term of Obama’s Presidency. During LaHood’s departing press conference as U.S. Secretary of Transportation, President Obama stated, “Ray LaHood is an outstanding public servant who is a role model for the bipartisan leadership America so desperately needs.” In 2013, LaHood was named the first Honorary Senior Distinguished Fellow for the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service at his alma mater. In this position former Secretary LaHood participates in national public policy symposia and is a guest lecturer to Bradley students. While there are many examples of the leadership LaHood has brought to the Tri-County area over his years of public service, we are specifically recognizing his leadership and creativity in the development of the Peoria Riverfront Museum project. Please join us as we honor Ray LaHood, truly one of the area’s distinguished leaders, at the Henri de Tonti award celebration on Saturday, September 27th. Reservations for individual tickets ($150 per per-son) or tables of ten ($1,500) may be made through the Peoria Historical Society website at peoriahistoricalsociety.org or by calling the Society office at 674-1921.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:41:38 +0000
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