Full Text of SR0630 100th 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 George A. Collias, who passed away on | 4 | | June 13, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Collias served as a United States Army | 6 | | paratrooper toward the end of World War II and was active duty | 7 | | in the Army Reserve for 28 years; he graduated from | 8 | | Northwestern University and the Loyola University School of | 9 | | Law; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, George Collias had a five-year career as a lawyer | 11 | | at Baker McKenzie; he then launched a broadcasting company, | 12 | | Century Broadcasting; in 1964, he and a college friend bought | 13 | | their first FM radio station in St. Louis, Missouri; over the | 14 | | next 34 years, Century Broadcasting, a Chicago-based company | 15 | | headquartered in the John Hancock building, grew across the | 16 | | country, playing rock, jazz, and easy listening over the air | 17 | | waves in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Boston, | 18 | | Dallas, Detroit, St. Louis, and Tampa; he sold the company's | 19 | | final hometown station, WPNT-FM, in 1996; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, George Collias was a leader at the Hellenic | 21 | | Foundation and an active member of Leadership 100, an endowment | 22 | | fund for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese that supports the |
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| 1 | | ministries of the church; he loved to sail, travel, and spend | 2 | | time with his family; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, George Collias was preceded in death by his son, | 4 | | Scott Dell, and his sisters, Eugenia Collias and Danae | 5 | | Kornaros; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, George Collias is survived by his wife, Sharon | 7 | | Ann; his children, Chip (Cindy) Dell, Deborah (Scott) Dell, and | 8 | | Linda (Kurt) Berlin; his brother, Nick (Jane); his | 9 | | grandchildren, Jason, Ashley, and Rudy (Tricia) Dell and Eva, | 10 | | Oliver, and Abel Chamberlin; and several nieces and nephews; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | George A. Collias, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of George Collias as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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