Full Text of HR0540 094th General Assembly
HR0540 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Arnold "Arnie" Morton of Chicago passed away on | 3 |
| May 28, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Morton is best known for the Chicago | 5 |
| restaurant "Arnie's", the club "Zorine's", and "Morton's" | 6 |
| steakhouses; he also helped start the first Playboy Club and | 7 |
| the Taste of Chicago food festival; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago in 1922 and grew up in Hyde | 9 |
| Park, where his father owned two restaurants in which he bused | 10 |
| tables and worked in the kitchen from the age of 15; he | 11 |
| graduated from Hyde Park High School and enlisted in the Army | 12 |
| during World War II; he saw eight months of action with the | 13 |
| infantry, arriving in Normandy, France, just after D-Day; after | 14 |
| the war, he attended the University of Alabama, where he played | 15 |
| football for two years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Morton's first restaurant, the Walton Walk, | 17 |
| between Rush Street and Michigan Avenue, opened in the 1950s | 18 |
| and paved the way for a partnership with Hugh Hefner and Victor | 19 |
| Lownes, and for the Playboy Club they opened in 1960; Mr. | 20 |
| Morton left Playboy in the early 1970s and ran several | 21 |
| nightspots, then opened Morton's steakhouse in the Gold Coast | 22 |
| neighborhood of Chicago in 1978; he sold his steakhouses in | 23 |
| 1987; there are now 65 locations in the United States, Hong | 24 |
| Kong, Singapore, and Canada; and
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| WHEREAS, He married his wife, Zorine, in 1961; they had | 26 |
| four daughters and three sons; and
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| WHEREAS, Even though he had a busy life, his wife and | 28 |
| children came first; he was home for dinner five nights a week | 29 |
| and never missed a game when his kids played sports; he touched | 30 |
| everyone he came in contact with; he was a most humble, |
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| understated, genuine, loyal, and creative person; he was also a | 2 |
| non-stop booster for Chicago and a big Bears fan; and
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| WHEREAS, Arnold "Arnie" Morton was the beloved husband of | 4 |
| Zorine; the loving father of Peter Morton, Pam Morton, Amy | 5 |
| (Neal) Morton-Levin, Michael (Jenna) Morton, Debra (Ben) | 6 |
| Morton-Berger, Stephanie Morton, and David (Jodi) Morton; an | 7 |
| adored grandfather; and the dear brother of Robert (Rita) | 8 |
| Morton; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we offer our deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to | 12 |
| Arnold "Arnie" Morton's family and many friends, and join them | 13 |
| in sorrow at this time of loss; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to his family, that his memory may be so honored and | 16 |
| ever cherished.
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