Full Text of SR0262 96th General Assembly
SR0262 96TH 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
U.S. District Judge James B. Moran of | 4 |
| Evanston, who passed away on April 21, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, James Moran was born in Evanston; he grew up on | 6 |
| Michigan's Upper Peninsula and attended the University of | 7 |
| Michigan on a Pepsi-Cola scholarship; and
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| WHEREAS, James Moran served as a United States Army | 9 |
| sergeant in Korea before graduating magna cum laude from | 10 |
| Harvard Law School in 1957; after law school, he worked as a | 11 |
| law clerk for J. Edward Lumbard of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court | 12 |
| of Appeals in New York; and
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| WHEREAS, After his return to Evanston, James Moran served | 14 |
| in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966; he | 15 |
| then represented Evanston's 3rd Ward on the Evanston City | 16 |
| Council from 1971 to 1975; in 1979, he was appointed to serve | 17 |
| as a U.S. District Judge by President Jimmy Carter; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, James Moran served as chief judge for the Northern | 19 |
| District of Illinois from 1990 to 1995; he continued to hear | 20 |
| cases until late 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, James Moran was preceded in death by his second | 2 |
| wife, Nancy; and
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| WHEREAS, James Moran is survived by his widow, Janet Remen; | 4 |
| his son, John; his daughters, Jennifer, Sarah, and Polly; his | 5 |
| step-children with his second wife, Katie Tucker Trippi, | 6 |
| Cynthia Tucker, Laura Tucker Giancreco, and Michael Tucker; his | 7 |
| widow's children, Susan King, Carol Remen, Peggy Tarkington, | 8 |
| Lee Remen, and Tom Remen; his sisters, Nancy Larson, Susan | 9 |
| Schram, and Martha Thompson; and his 30 grandchildren and | 10 |
| step-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family and friends, the passing of U.S. District Judge | 14 |
| James B. Moran; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of James Moran as an expression of our | 17 |
| sympathy.
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