Full Text of SR1309 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 Daniel Franklin "Dan" Manoyan of | 4 | | Waukegan, who passed away on April 20, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan was born in Waukegan to Edward Manoian | 6 | | and Elaine (Fox) Manoian on September 30, 1950; he graduated | 7 | | from Waukegan High School in 1968; he earned his Bachelor of | 8 | | Arts in Journalism from the University of Illinois at | 9 | | Urbana-Champaign in 1972; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan began his professional career as a | 11 | | sports writer at the Kenosha News and spent the next five years | 12 | | covering local sports in the Kenosha area; he joined the sports | 13 | | staff at the Waukegan News-Sun in 1977, where he was delighted | 14 | | to be a columnist for his hometown newspaper in the place that | 15 | | had provided his father with the opportunity to create a new | 16 | | life for himself and his children in America; he took a | 17 | | position at the Dallas Morning News, which had one of the | 18 | | leading sports sections in the country at the time, in 1988; he | 19 | | landed a job with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in 1992, where | 20 | | he worked until his retirement in 2009; while there, he covered | 21 | | many sports teams that hail from the State of Wisconsin, | 22 | | including the Green Bay Packers, the University of Wisconsin | 23 | | football and basketball teams, and the University of |
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| 1 | | Wisconsin-Madison basketball team; he also covered several PGA | 2 | | Tour events during his career; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan published his first book, titled Men | 4 | | of Granite, in 2007; he was inducted into the Illinois | 5 | | Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame for his work on | 6 | | Men of Granite in 2013; he published his second book, titled | 7 | | Alan Ameche: The Story of "The Horse", in 2012; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan was a golf enthusiast who felt lucky | 9 | | to have had the opportunity to see and play at some of the | 10 | | greatest golf courses in the world; he will be remembered as a | 11 | | first-class father, a loving sibling and uncle, and a devoted | 12 | | friend; he will be deeply missed by all those fortunate enough | 13 | | to have known "Minnow"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan is survived by his sons, Edward | 15 | | Charles Manoyan and Randall Thomas Manoyan; his sisters, | 16 | | Barbara Burke and Judith Dembinsky; his nephew, Richard | 17 | | Dembinsky; and his nieces, Elaina Burke-Solie and Laura | 18 | | Burke-Jarrell; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Daniel Franklin "Dan" Manoyan and extend our sincere | 22 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Dan Manoyan as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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