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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 Louis J. | ||||||
| 4 | "Louie" Giordano, formerly of Springfield, who passed away on | ||||||
| 5 | May 3, 2020; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Louie Giordano was born in Springfield to Carl | ||||||
| 7 | and Louise (Gentile) Giordano on December 22, 1946; he | ||||||
| 8 | graduated from Griffin High School and received his bachelor's | ||||||
| 9 | degree from Illinois College and his master's degree in | ||||||
| 10 | political studies from the University of Illinois at | ||||||
| 11 | Springfield; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Louie Giordano was active in local and state | ||||||
| 13 | government for much of his life; he founded Giordano | ||||||
| 14 | Consulting Services, which became a successful government | ||||||
| 15 | relations firm that provided legislative services to several | ||||||
| 16 | statewide trade associations in Illinois; he also co-founded | ||||||
| 17 | the Systems Evaluation and Analysis Group, which teamed with | ||||||
| 18 | notable companies, including IBM, Novell, and others, to | ||||||
| 19 | introduce computer networking systems to several state | ||||||
| 20 | agencies and private businesses; his company maintained | ||||||
| 21 | offices in Springfield, Schaumburg, and Phoenix, Arizona; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Louie Giordano served in Governor James | ||||||
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| 1 | Thompson's Cabinet for five years as director of the | ||||||
| 2 | Department of Personnel and as the first director of the | ||||||
| 3 | Department of Central Management Services; preceding his | ||||||
| 4 | cabinet positions, he was responsible for the re-design of the | ||||||
| 5 | social services delivery system in the Department of Children | ||||||
| 6 | and Family Services and was the chief administrative officer | ||||||
| 7 | for the Department of Public Aid, where, in addition to his | ||||||
| 8 | administrative role, he designed and managed the | ||||||
| 9 | implementation of the first and most innovative photo I.D. | ||||||
| 10 | system in the nation; he also served as executive director of | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois Republican Party for two years; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Louie Giordano taught Public Administration and | ||||||
| 13 | Political Science at Loyola University of Chicago and the | ||||||
| 14 | College of DuPage; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Louie Giordano enjoyed playing golf and | ||||||
| 16 | basketball, attending sporting events, and traveling; his | ||||||
| 17 | favorite travel destination was Italy, and he visited many | ||||||
| 18 | times; his love of golf led him to design a unique putter and | ||||||
| 19 | market it under the Sweetroll trade name; he also received | ||||||
| 20 | several U.S. patents for golf club designs; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 22 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 23 | we mourn the passing of Louis J. "Louie" Giordano and extend | ||||||
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| 1 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 2 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of Louie Giordano as an expression of | ||||||
| 5 | our deepest sympathy.
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