Bill Text: IL HR0349 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Anthony A. Antoniou of Oak Brook.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0349 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0349-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Anthony | ||||||
4 | A. Antoniou of Oak Brook, who passed away on April 14, 2009; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Mr. Antoniou was chairman and chief executive | ||||||
7 | officer of Anvan Companies and Abbey Group and owned and | ||||||
8 | operated six Holiday Inns; he co-developed the Drury Lane in | ||||||
9 | Oak Brook; formerly owned the Knickerbocker Hotel and Barclay | ||||||
10 | Hotel in downtown Chicago; and developed The Abbey, Interlaken, | ||||||
11 | and the Inns of Geneva National Resorts in Wisconsin; and
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12 | WHEREAS, A civil engineer by trade, Mr. Antoniou went into | ||||||
13 | the construction business when he started Anvan Companies in | ||||||
14 | 1954 and built homes, and commercial and municipal buildings; | ||||||
15 | in 1973, Mr. Antoniou bought The Abbey and doubled the size; | ||||||
16 | that same year, he built the Interlaken Lodge, which is now the | ||||||
17 | Lodge at Geneva Ridge; he also developed the Geneva Lakes | ||||||
18 | Kennel Club and the Geneva National Golf Course with three golf | ||||||
19 | courses designed by Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Lee | ||||||
20 | Trevino; and
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21 | WHEREAS, In addition to the area hotels Mr. Antoniou built | ||||||
22 | and owned, he also developed 2 million square feet of office |
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1 | space in the western suburbs; he was born and raised in Hyde | ||||||
2 | Park, graduated from Hyde Park High School, and enlisted in the | ||||||
3 | United States Navy in World War II; after his discharge in | ||||||
4 | 1945, he worked part time as a draftsman and also attended Kent | ||||||
5 | Law School before he transferred to the University of Illinois | ||||||
6 | at Chicago, where he studied civil engineering; he finished his | ||||||
7 | last year of schooling at the Urbana-Champaign campus, where he | ||||||
8 | met his future wife, Irene Theodore; and
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9 | WHEREAS, He graduated in 1950 and went to work for the City | ||||||
10 | of Chicago as a civil engineer and helped design the overpasses | ||||||
11 | and entrances to O'Hare International Airport; a | ||||||
12 | self-professed workaholic, Mr. Antoniou would often work | ||||||
13 | 16-hour days sometimes seven days a week; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Mr. Antoniou served on the board of trustees of | ||||||
15 | Lewis University in Romeoville and Anatolia College, a | ||||||
16 | secondary school in Greece, and was on the board of directors | ||||||
17 | of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for more than 25 years; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Mr. Antoniou is survived by his wife, Irene; his | ||||||
19 | sons, Vance and Andreas; his sisters, Georgia Stamat, Ann | ||||||
20 | Farmans, and Celestine Maroulakis; and his seven | ||||||
21 | grandchildren; therefore, be it
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22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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1 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
2 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
3 | Anthony Antoniou; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to the family of Anthony Antoniou as a symbol of our | ||||||
6 | sincere sympathy.
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