Full Text of HR0603 93rd General Assembly
HR0603 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Edward J. Moskal | 4 |
| on being re-elected President of the Polish National Alliance | 5 |
| (PNA); and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal was born in Chicago on May 21, 1924 to | 7 |
| Sophie (Grzyb) and Joseph Moskal; he attended St. John Cantius | 8 |
| School; following his formal education and three years in the | 9 |
| United States Army, Mr. Moskal returned home and began his | 10 |
| career with the Polish National Alliance, which he joined in | 11 |
| 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal married Wanda Sadlik on November 21, | 13 |
| 1946; they have one daughter, Pamela; three granddaughters, | 14 |
| Joyce, Mary, and Lisa; and three great-grandchildren, Joseph, | 15 |
| Jason, and Jamie; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal was first active in his local lodge, | 17 |
| rising through the ranks; he devoted himself to the performance | 18 |
| of charitable functions on behalf of ill members; subsequently, | 19 |
| he was recording secretary, delegate to his Council 75, | 20 |
| Vice-President, and later President of his Council of the | 21 |
| Polish National Alliance; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1963, the PNA Convention delegates chose Mr. | 23 |
| Moskal to serve as a National Director; by chairing the finance | 24 |
| committee, he earned great respect from his colleagues because | 25 |
| the committee's report and recommendations for increased | 26 |
| fiscal responsibility laid a foundation for a new approach to | 27 |
| lending which continues to be in force today; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1967, Mr. Moskal was elected National Treasurer | 29 |
| of the PNA, a post he held for 20 years; his radical | 30 |
| reorganization of the office led to a new management system as |
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| well as the improvement of the efficiency of the office; he was | 2 |
| instrumental in developing a sound, balanced investment policy | 3 |
| which led to a profitable diversification of the multi-million | 4 |
| dollar investment portfolio of the PNA; from 1975 until his | 5 |
| election to the presidency of the PNA, he also served as | 6 |
| Chairman of the Finance and Control Committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal's leadership skills and successful | 8 |
| performance as an officer led to his being elected President of | 9 |
| the Polish National Alliance at a special plenary meeting of | 10 |
| the PNA Supervisory Council in October of 1988; three weeks | 11 |
| later, he was elected President of the Polish American | 12 |
| Congress, an umbrella organization of the American Polonia | 13 |
| which unites over 1,200 Polish American organizations | 14 |
| throughout the United States and serves as the primary voice of | 15 |
| the Polish community on charitable, social, civic, and | 16 |
| political matters; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal is also the President of Alliance | 18 |
| Printers and Publishers, which publishes Dziennik Zwiazkowy | 19 |
| (Polish Daily News) and the bi-weekly Zgoda, which has a | 20 |
| circulation of over 200,000; he is also President of Alliance | 21 |
| Communications' radio station, WPNA, which is known as the | 22 |
| "International Voice of Chicago", features programs in Polish, | 23 |
| and includes ten other ethnic groups in its programming; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Moskal served as a member of the Book and | 25 |
| Library Advisory Committee at the United States Information | 26 |
| Agency, as a member of Governor Edgar's Transition Committee, | 27 |
| and as an honorary pallbearer appointed by President George | 28 |
| Bush for the return of Ignacy Paderewski's body to Poland; and | 29 |
| he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to accompany | 30 |
| Vice-President Al Gore for the Ghetto Uprising anniversary | 31 |
| ceremonies in Warsaw; and
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| WHEREAS, As President of the Polish American Congress |
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| Charitable Foundation, he has been instrumental in arranging a | 2 |
| great variety of ways to assist Poland, especially after the | 3 |
| fall of Communism; he is an outspoken supporter of the entry of | 4 |
| Poland into NATO; for his efforts for the benefit of Poland, he | 5 |
| was awarded the highest civilian honor by President Lech | 6 |
| Walesa, the Commander's Cross with Star; in 1997, he was made | 7 |
| an Honorary Citizen of the city of Krakow, and the University | 8 |
| of Poznan Medical School bestowed the title of Honorary Doctor | 9 |
| upon him; the same year, he was granted a private audience with | 10 |
| Pope John Paul II to discuss Polish and Polish American matters | 11 |
| with the Pope; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure as President of the Polish | 13 |
| National Alliance, he has brought such innovations to the PNA | 14 |
| as in-house computerized operations and a significant presence | 15 |
| on the internet through the organization's websites; | 16 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Edward J. Moskal on being re-elected President of | 20 |
| the Polish National Alliance; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Mr. Moskal as an expression of our respect and | 23 |
| esteem and with many thanks for his tireless efforts on behalf | 24 |
| of Polish Americans.
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