Bill Text: IL HR1208 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Thomas Joseph Maloney on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [HR1208 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1208-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Thomas Joseph "Tom" | ||||||
| 4 | Maloney on the occasion of his 90th birthday on September 11, | ||||||
| 5 | 2018; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Tom Maloney was born in Chicago on September 11, | ||||||
| 7 | 1928; one of eight children, he grew up on the South Side in | ||||||
| 8 | the Beverly neighborhood; he graduated from St. Barnabas | ||||||
| 9 | Grammar School and St. Ignatius High School; he completed his | ||||||
| 10 | education at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, | ||||||
| 11 | where he proudly served in the Navy ROTC; he served in the | ||||||
| 12 | United States Army during the Korean Conflict; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Tom Maloney accepted a position in the Aircraft | ||||||
| 14 | Engineer Division for the Ford Motor Company in Chicago; later, | ||||||
| 15 | he worked for Braniff Airlines in Dallas, Texas; while there, | ||||||
| 16 | he met his wife, Margaret, an Illinois native who has since | ||||||
| 17 | passed away; they were blessed with a son, Michael, and a | ||||||
| 18 | daughter, Maureen; they raised their family in Long Beach, | ||||||
| 19 | Indiana, while Tom commuted to Chicago to work as a medical | ||||||
| 20 | group administrator; his family has grown to include a | ||||||
| 21 | son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, During his retirement, Tom Maloney became well | ||||||
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| 1 | known for his business, Tom's Toffee; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Tom Maloney has returned home to his Beverly | ||||||
| 3 | neighborhood in the City of Chicago; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 6 | congratulate Thomas Joseph "Tom" Maloney on the occasion of his | ||||||
| 7 | 90th birthday; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Tom Maloney as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 10 | respect.
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