Full Text of SR0933 101st 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 Patrick "Pat" Welch, who passed away on | 4 | | January 7, 2020 at the age of 71; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Pat Welch was born on December 12, 1948 in | 6 | | Chicago; he attended Southern Illinois University at | 7 | | Carbondale, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Government; he earned | 8 | | a law degree at the Illinois Institute of Technology's | 9 | | Chicago-Kent School of Law; he was admitted to the Illinois Bar | 10 | | and practiced law in Peru, Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Within months of earning his law degree, Pat Welch | 12 | | was named Democratic State Central Committeeman in 1978 and was | 13 | | the youngest person to hold that office at that time; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Pat Welch was elected as a Democratic member of | 15 | | the Illinois Senate; he represented the 38th Senate District | 16 | | from 1983-2004 and was reelected six times; he served as the | 17 | | Assistant Majority Leader for the 93rd General Assembly and | 18 | | served this body with distinction; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Pat Welch received national recognition and was | 20 | | awarded the "Best Bet Award" in 1988 from the National Center | 21 | | of Environmental Alternatives for his sponsorship of the |
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| 1 | | Groundwater Protection Act; he also received numerous other | 2 | | environmental, labor, rehabilitation, and agricultural awards; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Pat Welch was a member of several Committees, | 5 | | including Appropriations II as the chairperson, Appropriations | 6 | | I, Agriculture and Conservation, Environment and Energy, | 7 | | Revenue, and the Subcommittee on Gaming-Revenue; he also served | 8 | | as the co-chairperson of the Economic and Fiscal Commission; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Pat Welch served as the Assistant Director of | 11 | | Revenue for six years and retired in 2011; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Pat Welch is preceded in death by his former wife | 13 | | Bonnie Welch and his son Daniel Welch; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Patrick "Pat" Welch and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all those who knew and loved him; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Pat Welch as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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