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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives recognize Edward Henry Fauth for his many years 
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of community service; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fauth was born on October 22, 1922, in Aurora; 
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he was raised in the country and attended country schools in 
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what is now Oswego until enrolling at East High School in 
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Aurora; after graduating from East High in 1939, he began 
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working at Barber-Greene in Aurora until entering
the U.S. Army 
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in 1943; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After the war, he returned to Barber-Greene where 
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he
worked with only one interruption (for two years to complete 
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his Bachelor of Science degree at Michigan State University in 
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1950) until 1970; during his years at Barber-Greene, he 
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completed his master's degree in mechanical engineering at 
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Illinois Institute of Technology; after leaving Barber-Greene,

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he took an administrative position at Waubonsee Community 
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College where he worked until his retirement in 1987; during 
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his years at Waubonsee, he earned an Ed.D. in secondary 
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education from Nova University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fauth served as Dean of Community Services at 
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Waubonsee Community College until 1985, he was a
Director of 
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the Savings and Loan Association Aurora Home Rule and Revenue 
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Sharing Committee, a member and Vice-Chairman of the southern 
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Kane County planning council, a
Kane-Dekalb Consortium for 
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Manpower Services Aurora Labor-Management Committee 
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co-founder,  a Director of the Aurora Urban League, and a 
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co-founder/Director of the Kane Kendall County Mental Health 
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Center; he served on the  Aurora Area Ad Hoc Committee on Drug 
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Abuse from 1974 to 1973; in addition, he was a Director of the 
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Kane County Community Action Agency from 1970 to 1976,  
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President of the United Way from 1971 to 1973, a member of 
 


 






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Aurora East School District 131 Board of Education from 1960 to 
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1966, and president for two years and
member of the Board of 
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Directors of Aurora YMCA from 1960 to 1966; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He received the
Distinguished Service Award of 
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Cosmopolitan International Club of Aurora in 1977; he was a 
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Kane County Ceta Services volunteer from 1972 to 1984, a leader 
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of the DuKane chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional 
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Engineers from 1981 to 1982, and he received the  Quad County 
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Urban League "Do the Right Thing" Award of Honor in 2003; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His wife, Frances, serves on the Plum Landing 
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Board of Directors, is a Waubonsee Community College Literacy 
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Volunteer Tutor Child Welfare League Church Women, and is a 
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member of the United P.E.O. PTAs; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Fauth's have been a host family for students 
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from Paraguay, Norway, Brazil, and Aurora's Science and Math 
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Academy; they continue to reside in Aurora; they have four 
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children and 12 grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we recognize Edward Henry Fauth's many years of exceptional 
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community service to the City of Aurora; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Edward Henry Fauth as an expression of our esteem.