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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
George J. Moran of Belleville, who passed 
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away on July 31, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, George J. Moran was born on March 14, 1913 in 
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Granite City; he was a star on the Granite City High School 
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1930 football championship team; he graduated from the George 
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Washington University School of Law in 1937 then returned to 
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Granite City to practice law; in 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. 
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Navy, serving as a Second Lieutenant on LST 227; in 1946, he 
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married the former Cecilia Rogan; and

 
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    WHEREAS, George J. Moran had a long and distinguished legal 
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career; he argued a case before the United States Supreme Court 
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in 1954 that established maritime law on inland waterways; he 
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was elected to the appellate court in 1964; he also practiced 
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law in Granite City with William Beatty before retiring in 
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1980; after his retirement, he was "of counsel" in his 
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daughter's and son-in-law's firm, Callahan and Moran, P.C., 
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where he handled environmental cases; and

 
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    WHEREAS, George J. Moran was a member of the Madison County 
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Bar Association for seventy years and was awarded the Liberty 
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Bell Award from the Madison County Bar Association in 1981 and 
 


 






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a life-time achievement award from the association in 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, George J. Moran was preceded in death by his wife; 
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his son, William Moran; his sister, Virginia Schroeder; and his 
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brothers, Cecil Moran, Norbert P. Moran, John Moran, James 
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Moran, and Glennon Moran; and

 
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    WHEREAS, George J. Moran is survived by his son, George J. 
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Moran; his daughter, Judge Kathleen Moran; his son-in-law, 
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James P. Callahan; his grandchildren, Kristin Moran, Clay 
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Moran, Andrew (Annie) Callahan, Elizabeth (Christopher) 
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Gloeckner, and Rebecca Callahan; and his great-grandchildren, 
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Devin and James Gloeckner; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of George J. Moran; 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 the family of George J. Moran as an expression of 
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our sympathy.