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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are |
| 3 | | honored to recognize significant milestones in
the lives of the |
| 4 | | people of this State; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that former State |
| 6 | | Representative Paul Stone of
Sullivan is celebrating his 100th |
| 7 | | birthday; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Stone was born in Newton on September 21, |
| 9 | | 1915 to Claude and Ruth
Stone; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Stone attended one-room country schools |
| 11 | | until entering Sullivan Township High
School, graduating in |
| 12 | | 1933; following graduation, he worked 2 years in Sullivan at |
| 13 | | the Brown
Shoe company for 12 cents an hour, 10 hours a day, 6 |
| 14 | | days a week; in 1940, he received a
Bachelor of Science in |
| 15 | | General Business, making him the first in his family to earn a |
| 16 | | college degree;
on June 1, 1942, he received his L.L.B./J.D. |
| 17 | | law degree from the University of Illinois; he was
honored by |
| 18 | | the University of Illinois Law School as its February 1973 |
| 19 | | Alumni of the Month; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Stone married Thelma Jones in Benton on |
| 21 | | February 5, 1939; he was
admitted to the practice of law on |
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| 1 | | September 14, 1942; he was recognized in 1992 by the Illinois |
| 2 | | Bar
Association as a Senior Counsel and by the Moultrie County |
| 3 | | Bar Association for his 50 years of service
as an attorney; he |
| 4 | | practiced law in Sullivan for 55 years until his retirement as |
| 5 | | senior partner of Stone
and Stone in 1997; he has been |
| 6 | | recognized by numerous foundations and organizations and is a
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| 7 | | member of multiple professional and service organizations; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Stone was elected as a State Representative |
| 9 | | in 1950 to the 67th General Assembly
from the 24th District; he |
| 10 | | was elected again in 1966 as State Representative to the 75th |
| 11 | | General
Assembly for the 48th District and served through the |
| 12 | | 79th General Assembly, in which he was elected
Chairman of the |
| 13 | | Democratic Conference; he also served on the Board of Governors |
| 14 | | of State Colleges
and Universities of Illinois for Eastern |
| 15 | | Illinois University, Illinois State University, Western |
| 16 | | Illinois
University, and Northern Illinois University; he was a |
| 17 | | member of the Illinois Board of Higher
Education, the |
| 18 | | Universities Civil Service Merit System, the Board of the |
| 19 | | Western Illinois University
Foundation, and the Board of the |
| 20 | | Illinois State University Foundation; in 1994, he was selected |
| 21 | | as a member
of the Centennial 100 as one of 100 individuals who |
| 22 | | made a significant contribution to Eastern Illinois
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| 23 | | University's first 100 years; he was elected to the University |
| 24 | | of Illinois Board of Trustees in 1978
and served 2 terms as |
| 25 | | President of the Board; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Stone is the proud father of 4 children, |
| 2 | | Elaine Heavy, Paul Lee Stone,
Michael L. Stone, and Marsha |
| 3 | | Daniel; he and his wife have 10 grandchildren, 13 |
| 4 | | great-grandchildren,
and one great-great-grandchild; |
| 5 | | therefore, be it
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| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 8 | | congratulate former State
Representative Paul Stone on the |
| 9 | | occasion of his 100th birthday, and we extend to him our |
| 10 | | sincere
best wishes for the future; and be it further
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 12 | | presented to Rep. Stone as an expression of
our respect and |
| 13 | | esteem.
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