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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
U.S. District Judge James B. Moran of 
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Evanston, who passed away on April 21, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Moran was born in Evanston; he grew up on 
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula and attended the University of 
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Michigan on a Pepsi-Cola scholarship; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Moran served as a United States Army 
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sergeant in Korea before graduating magna cum laude from 
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Harvard Law School in 1957; after law school, he worked as a 
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law clerk for J. Edward Lumbard of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court 
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of Appeals in New York; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After his return to Evanston, James Moran served 
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in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966; he 
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then represented Evanston's 3rd Ward on the Evanston City 
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Council from 1971 to 1975; in 1979, he was appointed to serve 
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as a U.S. District Judge by President Jimmy Carter; and
 
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    WHEREAS, James Moran served as chief judge for the Northern 
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District of Illinois from 1990 to 1995; he continued to hear 
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cases until late 2008; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, James Moran was preceded in death by his second 
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wife, Nancy; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Moran is survived by his widow, Janet Remen; 
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his son, John; his daughters, Jennifer, Sarah, and Polly; his 
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step-children with his second wife, Katie Tucker Trippi, 
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Cynthia Tucker, Laura Tucker Giancreco, and Michael Tucker; his 
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widow's children, Susan King, Carol Remen, Peggy Tarkington, 
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Lee Remen, and Tom Remen; his sisters, Nancy Larson, Susan 
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Schram, and Martha Thompson; and his 30 grandchildren and 
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step-grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 U.S. District Judge 
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James B. Moran; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of James Moran as an expression of our 
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sympathy.