Full Text of SR0704 95th General Assembly
SR0704 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Nick Maggos of Alton, who passed away on | 4 |
| May 8, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The death of Nick Maggos marked the passing of one | 6 |
| of Alton's leading businessmen from an earlier, brighter era in | 7 |
| Alton's history; for almost 30 years, from the 1960s until the | 8 |
| early 1990s, Mr. Maggos was active in every significant Alton | 9 |
| community activity; his activities included being president of | 10 |
| the Greater Alton Chamber of Commerce, president and co-founder | 11 |
| of Pride Inc., president of the Alton YMCA, chairman of the | 12 |
| United Way Campaign, member of the boards of the Alton Museum | 13 |
| of History and Art, Hayner Public Library, Family Service | 14 |
| Visiting Nurse Association, and an adviser to Lewis and Clark | 15 |
| Community College, along with Rod St. Clair and Robert | 16 |
| Schrimpf; and
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| WHEREAS, He was vice president of the Center for American | 18 |
| Archeology, member of the World Business Council, chairman of | 19 |
| the Alton Memorial Hospital Foundation, chairman of the 1990 | 20 |
| Easter Seal Campaign, director of the Center for Global | 21 |
| Activities, and adjunct professor at LCCC and president of the | 22 |
| LCCC Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, Nick Maggos was born April 9, 1929, to the late | 2 |
| Gust and Mary (Davis) Maggos; he was raised in Alton, and | 3 |
| attended Western Military Academy and Washington University in | 4 |
| St. Louis; he was the owner and head of the Pepsi-Cola Alton | 5 |
| Bottling Company until its sale in 1989, and was active in and | 6 |
| an officer of several national soft drink trade associations;
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| Nick's father, Gust Maggos, entered the beer business in Alton | 8 |
| at the end of Prohibition and introduced Pepsi Cola to the | 9 |
| Alton market in 1935; this event eventually grew into the Alton | 10 |
| Pepsi Bottling Company, which was located on East Broadway in | 11 |
| Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the recipient of numerous awards, including | 13 |
| the Pride Medal of Achievement, the Chamber of Commerce | 14 |
| president's Award, and the Guardian Award presented by the | 15 |
| Alton Museum of History and Art; and
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| WHEREAS, He leaves behind his wife, Barbara, of 39 years; | 17 |
| his two daughters, Colleen and Suzy; three grand-children, John | 18 |
| David and his wife, Ann Graziano, and Allison and Michael Dash; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 22 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Nick Maggos; and be it | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Nick Maggos as a symbol of our | 3 |
| sincere sympathy.
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