Full Text of HR1043 93rd General Assembly
HR1043 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representative were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ed | 4 |
| Marciniak of Chicago on May 23, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, A life-long Chicago resident, Ed Marciniak was | 6 |
| born on December 17, 1917, one of three children of the late | 7 |
| Walter and Hattie; his father, a Polish immigrant, owned a | 8 |
| South Side grocery store and bought and sold buildings in a | 9 |
| small way; this forced Mr. Marciniak to attend different grade | 10 |
| schools in four years as the family frequently moved; his | 11 |
| parents instilled in Mr. Marciniak at an early age the values | 12 |
| of kindness, friendship, tolerance, compassion for all people, | 13 |
| a strong work ethic, and a steadfast belief in God; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, He attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary and | 15 |
| earned a bachelor's and master's degree in social | 16 |
| administration from Loyola University; in his youth he was a | 17 |
| labor activist during the Depression and read the Catholic | 18 |
| Worker; as a college student he began advocating and speaking | 19 |
| our for social justice issues, and as a college student in 1938 | 20 |
| he joined the Catholic Worker movement and was active in the | 21 |
| Chicago Inter-Student Catholic Action group and for many years | 22 |
| headed the Catholic Labor Alliance; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was dedicated to his professional | 24 |
| work, his community, and the issues he believed in, but his | 25 |
| first love and his life's priority was always his family: his | 26 |
| loving wife Virginia; their four daughters Kate, Christina, | 27 |
| Francesca, and Claudia; and their eight grandchildren; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, After graduation he stayed at Loyola University | 29 |
| for 10 years, first teaching sociology, labor economics, and | 30 |
| the city's first course in race relations in the 1940s; at the | 31 |
| same time he began a journalism career by publishing Work |
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| magazine; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1955 to 1960, he was international vice | 3 |
| president of the Newspaper Guild and negotiated contracts for | 4 |
| reporters with the Chicago Sun-Times; and
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| WHEREAS, Mayor Richard J. Daley named him executive | 6 |
| director of the Chicago Commission on Human Rights in 1960 and | 7 |
| he worked to improved race relations and promote integration, | 8 |
| particularly in education and housing, during a critical time | 9 |
| in the city's history; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, In 1967, he became deputy commissioner of | 11 |
| development and planning for Chicago; he left city government | 12 |
| in 1973 to head the Institute of Urban Life and serve as | 13 |
| adjunct professor of urban studies at Loyola University, a post | 14 |
| he held until his death; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak served as a special consultant to the | 16 |
| U.S. Civil Rights Commission and led integration efforts at all | 17 |
| levels, from local apartment buildings to the board rooms of | 18 |
| Fortune 500 companies; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, He created a scholarship fund for children in | 20 |
| public housing to help them attend private schools, he | 21 |
| contributed many articles to local and national journals, and | 22 |
| authored and published several books including "Reclaiming the | 23 |
| Inner City", "Reviving an Inner-City Community", "Reversing | 24 |
| Urban Decline", "Non-Profits with Hard Hats", and "The Role of | 25 |
| Chicago's Private Schools in Neighborhood Revitalization"; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Marciniak gave his time and energy to over 150 | 27 |
| community organizations by serving on their boards, including | 28 |
| the Chicago Urban League, Neighborhood Housing Services, the | 29 |
| City Club, the Community Investment Corporation, the Illinois | 30 |
| Humane Society for Children, and the Lira Ensemble, a |
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| Polish-American music group; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Marciniak was a man of deep faith who | 3 |
| contributed to his church, St. Ita, in many ways; and he was | 4 |
| very devoted to the improved development of his Edgewater | 5 |
| community; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The voice of Ed Marciniak resounded across Chicago | 7 |
| for more than 60 years, as he fought for civil rights and | 8 |
| social justice in education, labor, affordable housing, and | 9 |
| neighborhood development; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Ed Marciniak approached his | 11 |
| teaching and work with the belief that change is possible, with | 12 |
| confidence in the goodness of humanity, and with the | 13 |
| willingness to help individuals realize their personal power | 14 |
| and reach their fullest potential; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was loved and respected by thousands | 16 |
| of students, colleagues, and friends whose lives he forever | 17 |
| touched; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by many, | 19 |
| especially his daughters, Kate and Claudia, Dr. Christina | 20 |
| Marciniak, and Francesca M. Maher; his sister, Bernice Barta; | 21 |
| and his eight grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 24 |
| mourn the death of Ed Marciniak, a great Illinoisan, along with | 25 |
| all who knew him and loved him and extend our sincere | 26 |
| condolences to his family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to the family of Ed Marciniak as an expression of our | 29 |
| deepest sympathy.
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