Full Text of HR0305 94th General Assembly
HR0305 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Marist High School, a Catholic college | 3 |
| preparatory school in Chicago, is honoring four of its English | 4 |
| teachers at "A Salute to the Bards" at Bourbon Street in | 5 |
| Merrionette Park, April 23, 2005; the honorees are Mike Leahy, | 6 |
| Larry Malito, Bob Meyers, and Larry Ormond; and
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| WHEREAS, The ceremony will recognize the four English | 8 |
| teachers for their many contributions to the school and | 9 |
| exceptional instruction of their students; and
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| WHEREAS, On September 9, 1963, the doors of Marist High | 11 |
| School opened with 320 young men enrolled as the charter class; | 12 |
| in the Fall of 2002, the high school entered a new beginning in | 13 |
| its history as it became a coeducational school; the full | 14 |
| transition to coed will be completed in the 2005-2006 academic | 15 |
| year; and
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| WHEREAS, Mike Leahy joined Marist in 1968; in addition to | 17 |
| his course work, he has written several comedic Christmas plays | 18 |
| that featured the school's faculty; he also chaperoned students | 19 |
| on more than 20 school-sponsored trips to Quetico Park in | 20 |
| Ontario, Canada, where students and faculty canoe, hike, and | 21 |
| camp in a wilderness retreat; for over 25 years, Mr. Leahy | 22 |
| challenged the minds of young men in his legendary creative | 23 |
| writing class; he currently serves as the school's Scholastic | 24 |
| Team moderator; he earned his bachelor's degree from Loyola | 25 |
| University and master's degree from the University of Virginia; | 26 |
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| WHEREAS, Larry Malito came to Marist in 1965; in addition | 28 |
| to his course work, he was English Department chairman for more | 29 |
| than 20 years; his passion for English literature was matched | 30 |
| only by his passion to teach and shape the minds of young men; | 31 |
| the students will be forever grateful for his kindness and |
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| humor, especially studying Shakespeare; he earned his | 2 |
| bachelor's degree from Loyola University and master's degree | 3 |
| from Chicago State University; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Meyers joined Marist in 1966 and was English | 5 |
| Department chairman prior to Larry Malito; in addition to his | 6 |
| course work, he has directed several school plays and musicals | 7 |
| during his Marist career; he earned his bachelor's degree from | 8 |
| Saint Mary's University and master's degree from Chicago State | 9 |
| University, Loyola University, and IIT; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Ormond came to Marist in 1966 and was the | 11 |
| school's first speech team moderator; in addition to his course | 12 |
| work, he has also been a referee for intramural sports for 25 | 13 |
| years and an actor in Mike Leahy's Christmas plays; he earned | 14 |
| his bachelor's and master's degrees from DePaul University; and
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| WHEREAS, All four men have been outstanding instructors and | 16 |
| role models to the thousands of young men and women they have | 17 |
| taught; combined, they have 155 years of service, which is a | 18 |
| reflection of their hard work, dedication, and love for Marist; | 19 |
| all four men, as the school song goes, have been "loyal and | 20 |
| true" Marist men; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 |
| we recognize and commend Mike Leahy, Larry Malito, Bob Meyers, | 24 |
| and Larry Ormond for their love of teaching; through their | 25 |
| dedication and commitment, they have shown themselves to be | 26 |
| outstanding educators and role models; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to Mike Leahy, Larry Malito, Bob Meyers, and Larry | 29 |
| Ormond as an expression of our esteem.
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