LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending John J. Farrell upon the occasion of
his designation as the recipient of the Sullivan Corporate Ministry
Award at the 2010 Bishop's Humanitarian Award Dinner on June 23, 2010

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is moved to recognize and pay tribute to
those individuals of firm belief and commitment who have devoted their
purposeful lives to the service of faith and community; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
John J. Farrell upon the occasion of his designation as the recipient of
the Sullivan Corporate Ministry Award at the 2010 Bishop's Humanitarian
Award Dinner held on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Pier Sixty, New York
City, New York; and
WHEREAS, A man of singular distinction, John J. Farrell has contin-
ually demonstrated extreme competence, extraordinary intelligence, and
diligent leadership throughout his lifelong dedication to the Catholic
Charities Brooklyn and Queens; and
WHEREAS, John J. Farrell was the Director of Human Resources of JPMor-
gan Chase and a member of the firm's Operating committee, the company's
most senior governing group as well as a member of the firm's Executive
committee; his responsibilities included firm-wide Human Resources and
Global Safety and Security; and
WHEREAS, John J. Farrell joined the predecessor firm, The Chase
Manhattan Bank, in 1975, and held various human resources positions in
Corporate Human Resources, Global Banking, Retail Banking and Operations
& Systems; he assumed the oversight for company-wide Human Resources
activities in 1993; and
WHEREAS, During John J. Farrell's tenure as Director of Human
Resources, he managed the organizational aspects of three major finan-
cial services mergers, The Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank, The
Chase Manhattan Bank and JPMorgan, and the 2004 merger of JPMorgan Chase
and Bank One into today's JPMorgan Chase; and
WHEREAS, John J. Farrell is a trustee and member of the Executive
Council of the New York Inner-City Scholarship Fund, Inc. and a member
of the Corporate Board of The University of Michigan School of Business
Administration; he also serves on the Board of Trustees of Catholic
Charities Brooklyn and Queens; and
WHEREAS, John J. Farrell completed his undergraduate work at Pace
University and completed the advanced human resources executive program
at the University of Michigan; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of his community service, a
period of constructive involvement, John J. Farrell has stood constant
in dignity, good grace and humor; and
WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by an individ-
ual for the benefit of others which John J. Farrell has displayed
throughout his life; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when a person
of such noble aims and accomplishments is brought to our attention, it
is appropriate to publicly and jubilantly proclaim and commend that
individual for the edification of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend John J. Farrell upon the occasion of his designation as the
recipient of the Sullivan Corporate Ministry Award at the 2010 Bishop's
Humanitarian Award Dinner; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to John J. Farrell.