Full Text of SR0583 93rd General Assembly
SR0583 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Ed Marciniak of Chicago on | 4 |
| Sunday, May 23, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, A life-long Chicago resident, Mr. Marciniak was | 6 |
| born on December 17, 1917 to the late Walter and Hattie | 7 |
| Marciniak who instilled in their three children the values of | 8 |
| kindness, respect, tolerance, and compassion for all people, | 9 |
| the understanding of a strong work ethic, and a steadfast | 10 |
| belief in God; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak began his life's work of advocating | 12 |
| and speaking out for social justice issues as a college student | 13 |
| when he joined the Catholic Worker movement in 1938; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was dedicated to his professional | 15 |
| work and the issues he believed in, but his first love and | 16 |
| life's priority was always his family, his loving wife | 17 |
| Virginia, their four daughters Kate, Christina, Francesca, and | 18 |
| Claudia, and his eight grandchildren; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was a man of many talents and | 20 |
| excelled in several vocations; he served as a professor at | 21 |
| Loyola University, as publisher of Work magazine, as | 22 |
| international vice-president of the Newspaper Guild, as | 23 |
| director of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations, as deputy | 24 |
| commissioner of Development and Planning for the City of | 25 |
| Chicago, as a consultant to Federal agencies, and as the author | 26 |
| of countless books and articles for local and national | 27 |
| publications; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was a champion of a number of social | 29 |
| justice issues but was particularly known for his work for | 30 |
| civil rights; he taught the first college course in Chicago on |
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| race relations in the 1940s; he was a special consultant to the | 2 |
| U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and he was known for his work on | 3 |
| housing and development issues; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, As a recognized national expert on public housing, | 5 |
| Mr. Marciniak never wavered from his commitment to promote and | 6 |
| work for quality affordable housing and sensible neighborhood | 7 |
| development that would benefit all community residents; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1973, Ed Marciniak became the president of the | 9 |
| Institute of Urban Life, a post he held until his death; and
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| WHEREAS, While at the institute, Mr. Marciniak published | 11 |
| the following books: "Reclaiming the Inner City", "Reviving an | 12 |
| Inner-City Community", "Reversing Urban Decline", "Non-Profits | 13 |
| with Hard Hats", and "The Role of Chicago's Private Schools in | 14 |
| Neighborhood Revitalization"; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was a man of deep faith who | 16 |
| contributed to his church in a myriad of ways; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak gave his time and resources to over | 18 |
| 150 community organizations by serving on their boards, | 19 |
| including the Chicago Urban League, Neighborhood Housing | 20 |
| Services, Community Investment Corporation, the City Club, and | 21 |
| the Illinois Humane Society for Children; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Ed Marciniak approached his | 23 |
| teaching and work with the belief that change is possible; he | 24 |
| demonstrated confidence in the goodness of humanity and a | 25 |
| willingness to help individuals realize their personal power | 26 |
| and reach their fullest potential; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed Marciniak was loved and respected by the | 28 |
| thousands of students, colleagues, and friends whose lives he | 29 |
| touched; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Ed Marciniak, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, | 4 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Ed Marciniak as an expression of our | 7 |
| sincere condolences.
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