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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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| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Arnold Miller of |
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| Highland Park, on Monday, July 31, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He grew up in Albany Park; he was a cadet in the |
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| Reserve Officers' Training Corp program at Von Steuben High |
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| School; he attended the University of Illinois at |
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| Urbana-Champaign, graduating with a degree in accounting; he |
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| was united in marriage in 1975 to Dolores Epstein; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined his brothers at Quill Corp. in 1974; he |
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| helped the company grow from approximately $3.5 million in |
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| annual sales in 1973 to almost $650 million when it was sold to |
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| Staples in 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, He had numerous interests throughout his life |
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| including balsa-wood model airplanes and would eventually |
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| learn to pilot real airplanes; he loved the West in general and |
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| deserts in particular, leading groups of friends, including his |
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| brothers on expeditions down the Colorado River in rafts and |
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| across the Baja Peninsula in Mexico in four-wheel-drive trucks; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, His perseverance led him to study the Torah and |
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| complete his bar mitzvah at the age of 79; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Arnold Miller has been deeply felt |
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| by many, especially his wife, Dolores; his sons, Gregory, |
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| Avrum, and Harlan; his daughters, Cindy Levy, Gail |
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| Miller-Salkin, Susan Pack, and Lauren Jacobson; his brothers |
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| Jack and Harvey Miller; and twelve grandchildren; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |