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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 Hugo Koranda of Burr Ridge, who passed 
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away on May 15, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago and grew up in La Grange; 
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he was a graduate of Lyons Township High School; he received 
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his Bachelor's degree and law degree from Northwestern 
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University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After law school he worked as an attorney for 
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Montgomery Ward in Chicago; from 1942 to 1946 he served with 
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the United States Army in the Military Intelligence Division, 
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serving as a 1st lieutenant with duties related to the atomic 
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bomb project; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After serving in the military, he opened his legal 
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practice in La Grange, where one of his clients was Cicero 
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Federal Savings and Loan Association; in 1949, he accepted the 
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position of managing officer at Cicero Federal Savings and 
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Loan, which later became MidAmerica Bank; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He retired as chairman of the Board of MidAmerica 
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Bank in 1985; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Hugo Koranda is survived by his wife, Eunice; his 
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sons, Allen and Kenneth; his daughter, Janann; his five 
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grandchildren; and his four great-grandchildren; therefore, be 
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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 Hugo Koranda; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Hugo Koranda as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.