Full Text of HR1354 94th General Assembly
HR1354 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives have learned of the retirement of John K. | 4 |
| Thomson of Princeton, Illinois, a boiler house operator and | 5 |
| valuable and dedicated employee of the PolyOne Corporation, | 6 |
| Specialty Resins Group, after nearly 40 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson was born in Princeton, Illinois, on | 8 |
| June 30, 1944, to John Howard and Lucille Ethel Thomson; he is | 9 |
| the brother of Shirley Anne Olin; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson attended Princeton High School and | 11 |
| enlisted in the United States Navy on July 28, 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson served his country bravely aboard the | 13 |
| USS Independence; in the fall of 1962, the Independence and her | 14 |
| sailors participated in the United States naval blockade of | 15 |
| Cuba in what is known as the "Cuban Missile Crisis", a major | 16 |
| confrontation between the United States and the Union of Soviet | 17 |
| Socialist Republics (USSR) over Soviet-supplied missile | 18 |
| installations in Cuba, regarded by many as the world's closest | 19 |
| approach to total nuclear war; he later served with the | 20 |
| Independence in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The Independence and her embarked Air Wing 7 | 22 |
| received the award of the Navy Unit Commendation for | 23 |
| exceptionally meritorious service from June 5 to November 21, | 24 |
| 1965; they participated in the first major series of | 25 |
| coordinated strikes against vital enemy supply lines north of | 26 |
| the Hanoi-Haiphong complex, their aircraft successfully | 27 |
| evading the first massive surface-to-air missile barrage in | 28 |
| aviation history while hitting assigned targets, and | 29 |
| executing, with daring and precision, the first successful | 30 |
| attack on an enemy surface-to-air missile installation; the | 31 |
| carrier launched more than 7,000 sorties in sustaining an |
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| exceptional pace of day and night strike operations against | 2 |
| military and logistic supply facilities in North Vietnam; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson was honorably discharged from the | 4 |
| United States Navy in August of 1966; he married Carol Ann | 5 |
| Walsh on May 7, 1966; he is the father of Paula Ann Lough, | 6 |
| James Patrick Thomson, and Michael Shawn Thomson, and the | 7 |
| grandfather of Trevor James Thomson, Lauren Elizabeth Thomson, | 8 |
| Ellie McKeefery Thomson, Nicholas Hunter Lough, Matthew John | 9 |
| Thomson, and Nathan Forrester Lough; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson married Sandra Lynn Hoover on | 11 |
| September 11, 1987; they enjoy traveling, home improvement | 12 |
| projects, spending time with their many children and | 13 |
| grandchildren, and the company of their dog, Max; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson is a railroad enthusiast; his father, | 15 |
| John Howard Thomson, worked for many years for the Chicago, | 16 |
| Burlington, and Quincy Railroad as a telegraph operator, and | 17 |
| his grandfather, Abraham Lincoln Thomson, also worked as a | 18 |
| railroad telegraph operator and was awarded a gold watch from | 19 |
| the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad for heroic action taken to | 20 |
| save hundreds of lives during a tragic brush fire south of | 21 |
| Hinckley, Minnesota, on September 1, 1894; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomson is an avid reader, student of current | 23 |
| affairs, and a man of many hobbies, including internet | 24 |
| research, beer and wine making, ham radio, and gardening; and
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| WHEREAS, His close friends and family members are | 26 |
| justifiably proud of his many accomplishments, service to his | 27 |
| country, and personal integrity; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 29 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 30 |
| we congratulate John K. Thomson on his retirement; and be it |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Mr. Thomson as an expression of our extreme | 4 |
| respect and esteem.
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