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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Emil Garippo on the occasion of his 100th | ||||||
| 4 | birthday and thank him for his military service during World | ||||||
| 5 | War II; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo was born to immigrant Italian | ||||||
| 7 | parents and raised in the Chicago neighborhood of Little | ||||||
| 8 | Italy; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo enlisted in the U.S. military during | ||||||
| 10 | World War II in 1944, joining his brother, Mike, who was | ||||||
| 11 | deployed overseas; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, After serving in World War II, Emil Garippo's | ||||||
| 13 | arrival home led him to meeting his future wife of 74 years, | ||||||
| 14 | Dean Ruggs; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo followed his late brother's lead and | ||||||
| 16 | entered college, graduating with a degree in education from | ||||||
| 17 | DePaul University in 1949 and later earning his master's | ||||||
| 18 | degree; in doing so, he became among the earliest Americans to | ||||||
| 19 | benefit from the G.I. Bill and the first in his family to earn | ||||||
| 20 | a college degree; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo started teaching in Chicago, rising | ||||||
| 2 | to assistant principal of Spalding High School, one of the | ||||||
| 3 | nation's first public schools for children with disabilities; | ||||||
| 4 | noted by administrators for his talent, he was brought to the | ||||||
| 5 | central office to help oversee citywide transportation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo and his family moved to Elmhurst in | ||||||
| 7 | 1951; within a few years, much of his extended family | ||||||
| 8 | followed, including his parents and his sister's family; now, | ||||||
| 9 | many generational relatives live in the area thanks to him; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo still works out daily, with a break | ||||||
| 12 | on weekends, spending 20 minutes on his stationary bike before | ||||||
| 13 | completing a series of yoga-like exercises; he has never | ||||||
| 14 | undergone surgery and only started using a walker and hearing | ||||||
| 15 | aids in the last few years; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo watches the news and sports every | ||||||
| 17 | day, but he mostly enjoys spending time with his children, | ||||||
| 18 | four grandchildren, and now two great-grandchildren, wishing | ||||||
| 19 | them all to have a good life and to do the right thing; | ||||||
| 20 | therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Emil | ||||||
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| 1 | Garippo on his 100th birthday, thank him for his military | ||||||
| 2 | service and sacrifice to the United States of America, and | ||||||
| 3 | wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Emil Garippo as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 7 | respect.
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