Bill Text: IL SR2428 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gene Vanderport of Champaign and Danville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR2428 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2428-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 Gene Vanderport of Champaign and | ||||||
4 | Danville, who passed away on June 28, 2016, at the age of 66; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Gene Vanderport graduated from the University of | ||||||
7 | Illinois with a degree in political science; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Gene Vanderport joined his first union at the age | ||||||
9 | of 15 while playing rock and roll; he was a card-carrying
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10 | "professional revolutionary" and spent his entire career | ||||||
11 | working for labor unions on local and national levels; he was a | ||||||
12 | member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 90; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In the mid 1980s, Gene Vanderport moved from the | ||||||
14 | Veterans Administration in Danville, where he was the local | ||||||
15 | President, to being the national
director of American | ||||||
16 | Federation of Government Employees in Washington, D.C.; in the | ||||||
17 | 1990s, he returned to
Danville and joined the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Education Association; he was coordinator of the Living Wage | ||||||
19 | Association of Champaign and was successful in
getting living | ||||||
20 | wage policies adopted in the City of Urbana and Champaign | ||||||
21 | County; he and his wife, Germaine Light, were very
active in | ||||||
22 | the Central Illinois Jobs with Justice Coalition; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Gene Vanderport's most prized possession was the | ||||||
2 | family land near the Vermilion River, east of Danville, and the | ||||||
3 | family cemetery across the
river; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
6 | Gene Vanderport, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
7 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
8 | further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the family of Gene Vanderport as an expression of | ||||||
11 | our deepest sympathy.
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