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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Alfred E. 
4Gallo, who passed away on August 16, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo began attending the John Marshall Law 
6School in 1940; his studies were interrupted, however, by the 
7onset of World War II; shortly after, he volunteered for the 
8Counterintelligence Corps of the United States Army and was 
9stationed in Africa and Italy; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, After World War II, Alfred Gallo returned to John 
11Marshall Law School; while in law school, he worked as a 
12clerk/typist at Liberty National Bank, where he was promoted to 
13assistant trust officer in 1948; in 1955, as the result of a 
14merger with Chicago National Bank, he became one of two 
15supervisors responsible for the trust department at LaSalle 
16Street Bank; in 1958, he became vice president and trust 
17officer of Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago, rising to the 
18position of president in 1971; in 1975, he became chief 
19operating officer and chairman of the board of United of 
20America Bank and O'Hare International Bank, which merged with 
21Northern Trust Bank; he was responsible for forming the Land 
22Trust Council of Illinois, which has a membership of over 100 
23banks; he served as president of the trust division of the 
 
 
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1Illinois Bankers Association; he was also appointed to serve as 
2director of a satellite bank of the holding company of the 
3Northern Trust; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo had a long and distinguished career 
5as a lawyer, serving for many years in private practice; in 
61960, he became president of the Justinian Society of Lawyers; 
7and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo was well known throughout his 
9community for his career involvement in the John Marshall Law 
10School; devoting himself greatly to the John Marshall goal of 
11giving as many people as possible the opportunity to become a 
12lawyer, he served on the school's governing board for more than 
1330 years and was elected president of its prestigious board of 
14trustees in 2001; he served in that capacity until 2007; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The child of Italian immigrants, Alfred Gallo 
16consistently demonstrated his commitment to the preservation 
17of Sicilian and Italian culture; he was a driving force in the 
18creation of the Sicilian American Cultural Association and 
19served as the association's chairman; he was also the recipient 
20of the Star of Solidarity from the Republic of Italy for his 
21efforts in fostering artistic and cultural relations between 
22Italy and the United States; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo aided in the creation of an 
2Ecclesiastical Foundation with the guidance of
Albert Cardinal 
3Meyers and Monsignor Francis Dolan for the perpetuation of the 
4Queen of All Saints Basilica, the first of its kind in the 
5Catholic Church; he was also a former member of the board of 
6directors of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association and 
7a former member of the board of trustees of the Illinois 
8College of Pediatric Medicine; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo and his loving wife, Gina, lived on 
10Chicago's North Side, where he was active in many community 
11affairs and was a lector and ecumenical minister at St. William 
12Church; he was also a devotee and lecturer on the life and art 
13of Michelangelo and founder of the elite Oenophilists' Society 
14of Chicago; therefore, be it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
16NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
17mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Alfred 
18E. Gallo; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
20presented to the family of Alfred Gallo as an expression of our 
21sympathy.