Full Text of HR0170 95th General Assembly
HR0170 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Arturo Velasquez for his | 4 |
| over seventy years of dedication to his business, family, and | 5 |
| community; and
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| WHEREAS, Arturo Velasquez was born in Tototlan, Jalisco, | 7 |
| Mexico, in November of 1915; he spent his early childhood in | 8 |
| Mexico, immigrating with his mother to the United States at the | 9 |
| age of nine; those early years were spent in the sugar beet | 10 |
| fields in the Black Hills of South Dakota and in Minnesota; and
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| WHEREAS, During the winter of 1929 he arrived in Chicago;
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| he married Shirley Lozano in 1936; he is the father of Arthur | 13 |
| Raymond, Carmen, Maria Elena, and Edward; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez founded Velasquez Automatic Music | 15 |
| Company over 70 years ago and continues to lead the business | 16 |
| with his son, Edward, and daughter, Maria;
Mr. Velasquez was | 17 |
| instrumental in the founding of the Azteca Lions Club, the | 18 |
| Mexican American Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois Federation | 19 |
| of Mexican Americans, the Mexican American Democrats of Cook | 20 |
| County, and many other community organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, Mayor Richard J. Daley appointed Mr. Velasquez as |
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| a Trustee of the City Colleges of Chicago, a position he held | 2 |
| from 1975-1987, serving as Secretary of the Board for several | 3 |
| years; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, He has been an organizer and fundraiser for many | 5 |
| local organizations including Holy Cross Church, Cordi Marian | 6 |
| Settlement Home, Holy Trinity High School, City Colleges Latino | 7 |
| Scholarships, Claretian Missionaries, Nihos y Jovenes | 8 |
| Orphanage (Jalisco, Mexico), and Alivio Medical Center;
Mr. | 9 |
| Velasquez served as trustee of National Louis University and | 10 |
| received an Honorary Doctorate degree for public service; St. | 11 |
| Xavier also awarded him an Honorary Doctorate degree for public | 12 |
| service; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1999, Arturo Velasquez received the El | 14 |
| Reconocimiento OHTL award from the Mexican government, which is | 15 |
| the highest award to a Mexican who lives outside the country of | 16 |
| Mexico; in 2002, the Chicago Historical Society honored Mr. | 17 |
| Velasquez with the Bertha Honore Palmer History Award for | 18 |
| distinction in Civic Leadership in the City of Chicago; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| thank Arturo Velasquez for his contributions to his community | 23 |
| and the State of Illinois and wish him continued good fortune |
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| and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Arturo Velasquez as a symbol of our esteem.
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