Full Text of SR0811 95th General Assembly
SR0811 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
George J. Moran of Belleville, who passed | 4 |
| away on July 31, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, George J. Moran was born on March 14, 1913 in | 6 |
| Granite City; he was a star on the Granite City High School | 7 |
| 1930 football championship team; he graduated from the George | 8 |
| Washington University School of Law in 1937 then returned to | 9 |
| Granite City to practice law; in 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. | 10 |
| Navy, serving as a Second Lieutenant on LST 227; in 1946, he | 11 |
| married the former Cecilia Rogan; and
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| WHEREAS, George J. Moran had a long and distinguished legal | 13 |
| career; he argued a case before the United States Supreme Court | 14 |
| in 1954 that established maritime law on inland waterways; he | 15 |
| was elected to the appellate court in 1964; he also practiced | 16 |
| law in Granite City with William Beatty before retiring in | 17 |
| 1980; after his retirement, he was "of counsel" in his | 18 |
| daughter's and son-in-law's firm, Callahan and Moran, P.C., | 19 |
| where he handled environmental cases; and
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| WHEREAS, George J. Moran was a member of the Madison County | 21 |
| Bar Association for seventy years and was awarded the Liberty | 22 |
| Bell Award from the Madison County Bar Association in 1981 and |
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| a life-time achievement award from the association in 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, George J. Moran was preceded in death by his wife; | 3 |
| his son, William Moran; his sister, Virginia Schroeder; and his | 4 |
| brothers, Cecil Moran, Norbert P. Moran, John Moran, James | 5 |
| Moran, and Glennon Moran; and
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| WHEREAS, George J. Moran is survived by his son, George J. | 7 |
| Moran; his daughter, Judge Kathleen Moran; his son-in-law, | 8 |
| James P. Callahan; his grandchildren, Kristin Moran, Clay | 9 |
| Moran, Andrew (Annie) Callahan, Elizabeth (Christopher) | 10 |
| Gloeckner, and Rebecca Callahan; and his great-grandchildren, | 11 |
| Devin and James Gloeckner; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| his family and friends, the passing of George J. Moran; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of George J. Moran as an expression of | 18 |
| our sympathy.
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