Full Text of SR1687 098th 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 Joseph F. Philipps, who passed away on | 4 | | June 28, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Philipps was born in Mineral Point, | 6 | | Wisconsin and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, At the age of 16, Joseph Philipps traveled with | 8 | | his brother to Chicago to work for a few months at the Century | 9 | | of Progress World's Fair from 1933 to 1934; in 1937, he | 10 | | returned to Chicago and became an apprentice with Plumbers and | 11 | | Pipefitters Union Local 597, a membership he would maintain for | 12 | | 75 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Prior to World War II, Joseph Philipps' | 14 | | apprenticeship was interrupted when he enlisted in the United | 15 | | States Army, serving his country in the Aleutian Islands; he | 16 | | was selected for officer candidate school and promoted to the | 17 | | rank of 2nd Lieutenant; he ultimately rose to the rank of | 18 | | major, serving as a battery commander in the Coast Artillery | 19 | | Corps; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Joseph Philipps returned to | 21 | | Chicago, where he completed his apprenticeship with Local 597 |
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| 1 | | and worked for a piping company on a project laying pipes for | 2 | | Standard Oil of Indiana; when the national chapter of the | 3 | | Plumbers and Pipefitters Union wanted to create an instructor | 4 | | training program in the early 1950s, he was chosen to serve as | 5 | | apprentice and training coordinator and coordinator of the | 6 | | apprentice contest held at Purdue University in Indiana; he was | 7 | | later assigned to the union's International Training Fund; as | 8 | | administrator of the United Association-National Contractors | 9 | | Association Training Trust Fund, he managed millions of dollars | 10 | | used for training programs; he also served as a field | 11 | | representative for the Training Trust Fund, responsible for a | 12 | | 9-state region in the Midwest; he retired from the trust fund | 13 | | in 1985; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Philipps was the recipient of the Francis | 15 | | X. McCartin Leadership Award for his years of service to the | 16 | | United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the | 17 | | Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and | 18 | | Canada in 1986; in 2005, he was honored with the Martin P. | 19 | | Durkin Lifetime Achievement Award for distinguished | 20 | | professionalism and dedication to training in the pipe trades | 21 | | industry and for promoting standards of excellence in | 22 | | craftsmanship; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Philipps is survived by 3 children, Barbara | 24 | | Hartigan, Joe, and Dorothy; 4 grandchildren; and 5 |
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| 1 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 4 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Joseph F. Philipps; | 5 | | and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Joseph Philipps as an expression of | 8 | | our sympathy.
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