Full Text of SR0128 95th General Assembly
SR0128 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 William Peter Caputo of Arlington | 4 |
| Heights, who passed away on March 22, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, William Caputo was born July 1, 1951, in Chicago, | 6 |
| to Otto S. and Elizabeth R. (nee Simonetti) Caputo; William and | 7 |
| Barbara Caputo (nee Glaser) were married on Aug. 29, 1980; and
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| WHEREAS, William Caputo graduated from Northern Illinois | 9 |
| University in 1972, where he received a master's degree in | 10 |
| 1974, a certificate of advanced studies in 1975, and a | 11 |
| doctorate of education in 1977; he taught for nine years at | 12 |
| Ridgewood High School in Norridge; he was the current school | 13 |
| board president of District #23, where he had been a board | 14 |
| member for 20 years; he was a member of the Illinois | 15 |
| Association of School Boards and was awarded the level of | 16 |
| Master Board Member for his involvement; and in 1982, he | 17 |
| graduated with honors from DePaul University College of Law; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, His career as an attorney spanned 25 years; he was | 20 |
| a highly-regarded Chicago litigation attorney, handling large | 21 |
| and complex commercial cases and representing physicians, | 22 |
| hospitals, and plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions; in |
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| 1992, he joined and became a named partner in the Chicago firm | 2 |
| of Nilson, Stookal, Gleason & Caputo, Ltd.; he was a member of | 3 |
| the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations, and | 4 |
| a member of the Illinois and American Trial Lawyers | 5 |
| Associations; he belonged to the Justinian Society and had | 6 |
| received the highest legal ability rating available (AV) from | 7 |
| his peers; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his brother, Frank J. | 9 |
| Caputo Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, William Caputo is survived by his wife; his | 11 |
| children, Jennifer, William, Brian, and Nicholas; his parents; | 12 |
| his brothers, Paul V. (Cindy) and Thomas A. (Vivian); and his | 13 |
| godchildren, Frank J. Jr., Paul V. Jr., and Kathryn N.; | 14 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| his family and friends, the passing of William Peter Caputo; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of William Caputo as a symbol of our | 21 |
| sympathy.
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