Full Text of SR0921 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Thomas Ronald "T. Ron" Jasinski-Herbert | 4 | | of Chicago, who passed away on August 17, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Jasinski-Herbert was born on November 1, | 6 | | 1938; he earned a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws, and a | 7 | | Juris Doctor, all from DePaul University; he remained an active | 8 | | alumnus; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Jasinski-Herbert practiced law in his | 10 | | office on
Milwaukee Avenue; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Jasinski-Herbert was President of | 12 | | Ameripol, Corporation, Inc.; President of
the Polonia Media | 13 | | Network; Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of "Polonia Today"; | 14 | | President of the
Polish Arts Club of Chicago; past President | 15 | | and Advocate of the Chicago Society
PNA; founding President and | 16 | | member of the Board of the Chicago Society
Foundation; Director | 17 | | of the International Polka Association; Director of the Polish
| 18 | | American Congress; former Director of Public Relations of the | 19 | | Polish National Alliance;
founder, along with his mother Lee | 20 | | Herbert, of the Heritage Club of Polish Americans; past
| 21 | | President of the Advocates Society; past Director of the Polish | 22 | | National Alliance; past
Director of the Polish American |
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| 1 | | Congress, Illinois Division; founder and President of ETC | 2 | | (Ethnic Television Channel); candidate for Clerk of the City of | 3 | | Chicago;
active member of various Democratic Party | 4 | | organizations; producer of several documentaries on
Polish | 5 | | topics; television, print, and online journalist; and social | 6 | | and political commentator; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Jasinski-Herbert led tours to Poland, | 8 | | Germany,
and Russia and was fluent in all 3 languages; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Jasinski-Herbert was the beloved son of the | 10 | | late Leona "Lee" Jasinski Herbert and the late Thomas H. | 11 | | Herbert; the cherished nephew and godson of Loretta Sobocinski | 12 | | "Lori Sobin" and nephew of Michael
K. (the late Rosemary) | 13 | | Jasinski; the devoted cousin of Karen Mackay, Jeanine (Richard) | 14 | | Galati,
Patricia (Ken) Brendecke, the late Suzanne Luckew, and | 15 | | many others across the country; he also leaves behind a myriad | 16 | | of lifelong friends in Chicago and around the world; therefore, | 17 | | be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Thomas Ronald "T. Ron" Jasinski-Herbert, and extend our sincere | 21 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 22 | | him; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Thomas Jasinski-Herbert as an | 3 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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