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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Albert G. Mini, a |
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| well-known Waukegan civic and business leader, on March 28, |
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| 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mini was born April 6, 1922, in Spring Valley; |
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| he graduated from Highland Park High School, attended managing |
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| courses in industrial engineering for five years at |
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| Northwestern University evening school, and graduated from the |
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| Industrial Management Institute at Lake Forest College; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a veteran of World War II, having served |
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| with the Army Air Corps, volunteering for pilot training in |
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| July 1943; he served in the Air Corps until December 1945; on |
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| November 26, 1991, he married Elizabeth Holler in Las Vegas; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was the owner and CEO of Illinois Carbide Tool |
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| Co. Inc. in Waukegan and Al Mini Enterprises; he acquired |
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| Illinois Carbide, one of the largest fabricators of carbide |
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| cutting tools in the Midwest, in 1960 after leaving V-R Wesson |
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| Co., where he worked for 22 years; he began at V-R Wesson as a |
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| tool grinder and left as assistant sales manager for |
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| distributor sales;
and
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| WHEREAS, He was also the former owner of Midlane Country |
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| Club in Waukegan and the former Karcher Hotel building in |
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| downtown Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an avid motorcycle enthusiast; he was a |
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| member of the Shriners and the Waukegan City Club; he was |
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| active in the Waukegan Republican Party, the Croation Cultural |
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| Center, and the Glen Flora Country Club; he was a former member |
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| of Waukegan's Elk's Lodge and the American Legion; he was a |