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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Anthony J. Fornelli of Chicago has been named 
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a recipient of the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of 
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the Year Award given by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian 
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Americans (JCCIA); and

 
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    WHEREAS, The JCCIA's Joseph Cardinal Bernardin 
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Humanitarian of the Year Award is presented annually to those 
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whose lives exemplify the virtues of caring, humanity, and good 
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will that were the hallmark of Cardinal Bernardin's tenure as 
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Archbishop of Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fornelli served as the president of the JCCIA 
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from 1974 to 1975; he is the president of AJF Management and 
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the publisher of Fra Noi, the Chicago-area Italian-American 
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newspaper; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is a director of the Illinois Community 
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Currency Exchange Association, past vice chair of the Chicago 
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Plan Commission, former director of the Department of Financial 
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Institutions for the State of Illinois, past assembly member 
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for the Illinois State Bar Association, and a former assistant 
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corporation counsel of Chicago; he also was a commissioner of 
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the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He has served as president or chairman of the 
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following organizations: Festa Italiana Chicago, St. Ignatius 
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High School Alumni Association, Joint Civic Committee of 
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Italian Americans, UNICO National, the Justinian Society of 
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Lawyers, and the Italian American Political Coalition; he is a 
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founder and past chairman of Casa Italia, the Chicago-area 
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Italian-American community center, located in Stone Park; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As chairman of Festa Italiana in Chicago, he was 
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instrumental in raising more than $1 million for a wide range 
 


 






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of worthy causes, including the Italian Cultural Center, Villa 
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Scalabrini, the Neediest Children's Fund, Mexican Earthquake 
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Relief, the American Jewish Committee, and Cooley's anemia 
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research; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In addition, he has served on the board of 
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directors of the Community Currency Exchange Association, the 
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Jane Addams' Hull House Museum Advisory Board, the 
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International Museum of Surgical Science and Hall of Fame, the 
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National Hemophilia Foundation, the Lay Advisory Board of Villa 
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Scalabrini Home for the Aged, and Austin School for the 
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Mentally Disabled; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fornelli has been honored by the following 
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institutions and individuals: the Community Currency Exchange 
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Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, Casa Italia, 
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City of Hope, the Gregorians (a society of Italian-American 
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educators), the Italian American Executives of Transportation, 
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the Justinian Society of Lawyers, the National Institute of 
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Human Relations, the Italian Cultural Association, the 
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National Hemophilia Foundation, and the prime minister of 
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Israel; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The son of Gennaro, who hails from Naples, and 
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Madelyn, who "hails from Calabria by way of Des Moines, Iowa", 
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Mr. Fornelli is a life-long Chicago resident; he is a graduate 
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of Our Lady of the Angels Grade School, St. Ignatius High 
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School, Loyola University of Chicago, and DePaul University Law 
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School; he lives in Chicago with his wife, Angela, and is the 
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father of five, the grandfather of nine, and the 
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great-grandfather of one; 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 congratulate Mr. Anthony J. Fornelli on being a recipient of 
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the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of the Year Award 
 


 






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given by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mr. Fornelli as an expression of our esteem.