Full Text of SR1212 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 Charles Pressman of Lake Forest, | 4 | | previously of Highland Park and Wilmette, who passed away on | 5 | | October 2, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Pressman was born in New York City and | 7 | | raised in Poughkeepsie, New York; he was President of his high | 8 | | school class and attended private college on the East Coast for | 9 | | 2 years before enlisting in the military to decipher enemy | 10 | | codes during World War II; he attended the University of | 11 | | Chicago on the GI Bill, earning a bachelor's degree in | 12 | | philosophy; he graduated from the University of Chicago Law | 13 | | School in 1951; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Charles Pressman co-founded Pressman & Hartunian, | 15 | | a Chicago law firm that specialized in consumer fraud, | 16 | | employment discrimination, and civil rights violation cases; | 17 | | during the 1950s and 60s, he was Director of the Chicago | 18 | | chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union; in 1982, he left | 19 | | his law firm, but continued to work on cases privately; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Charles Pressman is survived by his wife, Joan; | 21 | | his son, Michael; his daughter, Sarah Lovinger; his stepson, | 22 | | Steve Weinger; his 2 stepdaughters, Lauren Weinger and Nancy |
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| 1 | | Weinger; his sister, Helen Rausch; his granddaughter; and his 3 | 2 | | step-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Charles Pressman, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Charles Pressman as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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