Bill Text: IL SR0035 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Guy Anthony Renzaglia of Mahomet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0035 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0035-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Guy Anthony Renzaglia, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | November 4, 2010 at his home in Mahomet; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Guy Renzaglia was a beloved father, grandfather, | ||||||
6 | family member, friend, teacher, and colleague without | ||||||
7 | comparison and a champion for those in need, with a legacy | ||||||
8 | reaching across southern Illinois and to every corner of our | ||||||
9 | great nation; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Guy Renzaglia enlisted to serve his country during | ||||||
11 | World War II and finished first in the Officer Candidate School | ||||||
12 | in the Army Air Corps; he served with distinction during five | ||||||
13 | years in uniform, and, like many of his peers in the Greatest | ||||||
14 | Generation, he returned home and attended college on the GI | ||||||
15 | Bill; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Guy Renzaglia, the son of Italian immigrants, was | ||||||
17 | an accomplished athlete and scholar and a member of the George | ||||||
18 | Washington University Hall of Fame; he earned his bachelor's | ||||||
19 | degree at GWU and his master's degree in physical education at | ||||||
20 | the University of Minnesota; he subsequently earned his second | ||||||
21 | master's degree in psychology and his doctorate in counseling | ||||||
22 | psychology; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Guy Renzaglia had a vision to provide support to | ||||||
2 | underserved persons; he applied his determination and wisdom to | ||||||
3 | develop the Rehabilitation Institute at Southern Illinois | ||||||
4 | University-Carbondale, making it one of the few universities in | ||||||
5 | the country at the time to provide services for the blind, | ||||||
6 | deaf, and persons using wheelchairs; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Through Guy Renzaglia's strength and charisma, | ||||||
8 | the Rehabilitation Institute became a nationally acclaimed | ||||||
9 | program which trained more than 1,000 professionals in | ||||||
10 | rehabilitation and mental health services; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Guy Renzaglia retired from SIU-C after 23 years of | ||||||
12 | service; at the age of 60, he started a partnership with two | ||||||
13 | friends, Ted Wichman and Skip Cosgrove, and began a vineyard | ||||||
14 | and winery later known as Alto Vineyards; and
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15 | WHEREAS, People from across the globe have come to southern | ||||||
16 | Illinois to sample the brilliant wines and warm hospitality of | ||||||
17 | Alto Vineyards, seeing and tasting for themselves the labor of | ||||||
18 | love which Guy Renzaglia passed along to his son, Paul | ||||||
19 | Renzaglia, as well as a love for life and people which is | ||||||
20 | evident in every delicious sip; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Alto Vineyards has served as the model for dozens |
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1 | of other wineries and as the birthplace of the wine industry in | ||||||
2 | Illinois, which now boasts some 90 working wineries and | ||||||
3 | hundreds of acres of vineyards, and brings Illinois national | ||||||
4 | respect as a wine-producing region enjoyed by thousands of | ||||||
5 | visitors each year; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Our hearts are heavy with his loss, but we rejoice | ||||||
7 | in the time he shared in our lives; we are comforted by the | ||||||
8 | knowledge that Guy Renzaglia's heart will never leave the | ||||||
9 | fertile and beautiful rolling hills of southern Illinois, the | ||||||
10 | wonderful people of southern Illinois, and the SIU community; | ||||||
11 | therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
14 | his family, and friends, the passing of Guy Renzaglia; and be | ||||||
15 | it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That we affirm that his spirit remains a living | ||||||
17 | part of us all and that his family and friends will love and | ||||||
18 | forever miss him; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the family of Guy Renzaglia as a symbol of our | ||||||
21 | sincere sympathy.
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