Full Text of SR0257 097th 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
Howard Rosset Conant Sr.; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. was born in Chicago in 1924; he | 5 | | was a graduate of Von Steuben High School; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. served his country with pride | 7 | | and distinction as a Japanese interpreter in the United States | 8 | | Army from 1943 to 1946 before earning his bachelor's degree | 9 | | from the Wharton School of Business at the University of | 10 | | Pennsylvania; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. founded Interstate Steel | 12 | | Company, a steel service center, in Des Plaines in 1946 while | 13 | | he was still a university student; he also served as president | 14 | | of the Elliott Paint Company; when Elliott was acquired by the | 15 | | Valspar Corporation, he became a director at Valspar; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. was an avid tennis player, | 17 | | continuing to play singles and doubles tournaments until he was | 18 | | 85; in 2009 and 2010, he was a ranked #1 in singles by the | 19 | | Chicago District Tennis Association in the 80 and over | 20 | | division; he also loved books and his classes at Northwestern | 21 | | University's Learning in Retirement Program; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. was a director of Facets | 2 | | Multimedia for over 30 years; he was also a founding member in | 3 | | the Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and an active | 4 | | peace advocate throughout his life; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents and his sister, Doris Lawson; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Howard Conant Sr. is survived by his children, | 8 | | Alison Conant (Rick Frank), Howard Jr. (Pam Rahmann) and | 9 | | Meredith George, and his grandchildren, Sarah and Andy Frank, | 10 | | Rachel and Sophie Conant, and Madelyn, Monica, and Mason | 11 | | George; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | his family and friends, the passing of Howard Rosset Conant | 15 | | Sr.; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Howard Conant Sr. as an expression | 18 | | of our sympathy.
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