Bill Text: IL HR0349 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Anthony A. Antoniou of Oak Brook.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0349 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0349-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Anthony
A. Antoniou of Oak Brook, who passed away on April 14, 2009;
and
WHEREAS, Mr. Antoniou was chairman and chief executive
officer of Anvan Companies and Abbey Group and owned and
operated six Holiday Inns; he co-developed the Drury Lane in
Oak Brook; formerly owned the Knickerbocker Hotel and Barclay
Hotel in downtown Chicago; and developed The Abbey, Interlaken,
and the Inns of Geneva National Resorts in Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, A civil engineer by trade, Mr. Antoniou went into
the construction business when he started Anvan Companies in
1954 and built homes, and commercial and municipal buildings;
in 1973, Mr. Antoniou bought The Abbey and doubled the size;
that same year, he built the Interlaken Lodge, which is now the
Lodge at Geneva Ridge; he also developed the Geneva Lakes
Kennel Club and the Geneva National Golf Course with three golf
courses designed by Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Lee
Trevino; and
WHEREAS, In addition to the area hotels Mr. Antoniou built
and owned, he also developed 2 million square feet of office

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space in the western suburbs; he was born and raised in Hyde
Park, graduated from Hyde Park High School, and enlisted in the
United States Navy in World War II; after his discharge in
1945, he worked part time as a draftsman and also attended Kent
Law School before he transferred to the University of Illinois
at Chicago, where he studied civil engineering; he finished his
last year of schooling at the Urbana-Champaign campus, where he
met his future wife, Irene Theodore; and
WHEREAS, He graduated in 1950 and went to work for the City
of Chicago as a civil engineer and helped design the overpasses
and entrances to O'Hare International Airport; a
self-professed workaholic, Mr. Antoniou would often work
16-hour days sometimes seven days a week; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Antoniou served on the board of trustees of
Lewis University in Romeoville and Anatolia College, a
secondary school in Greece, and was on the board of directors
of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for more than 25 years; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Antoniou is survived by his wife, Irene; his
sons, Vance and Andreas; his sisters, Georgia Stamat, Ann
Farmans, and Celestine Maroulakis; and his seven
grandchildren; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of
Anthony Antoniou; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Anthony Antoniou as a symbol of our
sincere sympathy.