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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate of the State of 
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Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ronald 
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Ghilardi, former Mayor of Lisle, on July 25, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ronald Ghilardi was born and raised in Berwyn; he 
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graduated from St. Procopius College, now Benedictine 
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University; at that time, the college was located near Lisle in 
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unincorporated DuPage County; and

 
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    WHEREAS, While in college, Mr. Ghilardi's affection for the 
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village of Lisle grew and fueled his dream to one day become 
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Lisle's mayor; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Ghilardi met his wife, Nancy, when she and 
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several girlfriends were recruited by her church to participate 
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in the plays being put on by the then all-male college;  he was 
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often chosen to act in the plays;  in 1962, one year after he 
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graduated, the couple married; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Upon graduating from college, Mr. Ghilardi worked 
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in Allstate Insurance Company's legal department during the day 
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and attended John Marshall Law School in the evenings; he 
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earned his law degree in 1970; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Ghilardi served as a Lisle trustee from 1970 
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to 1981 and as the Mayor of Lisle from 1989 to 2001; he was also 
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a member of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and served as 
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president of the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As Mayor of Lisle, Mr. Ghilardi was greatly 
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admired for his leadership skills; he championed the 
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transference of the village's dependence on property taxes onto 
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the area of sales; he pushed for sales-tax rebates that 
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realized hundred of thousands of dollars and benefits to the 
 


 






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village; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Ghilardi retired from Allstate in the late 
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1990s as the company's assistant vice president of litigation 
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management; he later joined Ohio Casualty and two years ago, 
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moved to Cincinnati to become that company's director of 
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litigation management; and

 

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    WHEREAS, The passing of Ronald Ghilardi will be deeply felt 
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by many, especially his wife, Nancy; his daughters, Lisa 
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Williams and Christine Ghilardi-Solomon; his mother, Louise; 
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his brother, Lawrence; and his three grandchildren; therefore, 
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be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of 
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Ronald Ghilardi along with all who knew and loved him and 
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extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Ronald Ghilardi as an expression of 
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our deepest sympathy.