Full Text of SR2576 99th 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 H. Joseph Gitlin, who passed away on | 4 | | December 2, 2016 at the age of 84; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Gitlin practiced law in Woodstock, | 6 | | beginning in 1959; he served as Mayor of Woodstock from 1973 to | 7 | | 1977 and contributed to the restoration of the Woodstock Opera | 8 | | House; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Gitlin was nationally recognized as one of | 10 | | the top 43 divorce lawyers by the National Law Journal and was | 11 | | listed in the "Best Lawyers in America"; he was also a Fellow | 12 | | of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a Diplomat | 13 | | of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, and a member | 14 | | of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys; he was a Fellow | 15 | | of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which honored | 16 | | him in 2006 with the Berger Award in recognition of his | 17 | | exemplary legal career; he was active in the American Bar | 18 | | Association, serving as Chair of the Adoption Committee, as | 19 | | founder and Chair of the Surrogacy Committee, and as Founder | 20 | | and Chair of the Genetics and Human Reproduction Committee; he | 21 | | served as Chair of the Family Law Section of the Illinois State | 22 | | Bar Association in 1970, and more recently, founded and Chaired | 23 | | the Genetics and Human Reproduction Task Force; he was named a |
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| 1 | | Laureate of the Illinois State Bar Association, a designation | 2 | | given to lawyers "who have established and maintained the | 3 | | highest principles of the profession"; he was also a member of | 4 | | "The Dirty 30", a distinguished group of lawyers who met | 5 | | annually; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Gitlin published articles for national law | 7 | | journals and Illinois law journals; his name became synonymous | 8 | | with divorce upon the publication of his book, "Gitlin on | 9 | | Divorce, A Guide to Illinois Matrimonial Law", an authoritative | 10 | | book on divorce first published in 1990, which has been updated | 11 | | every year since 1991 and is in its fourth edition and is | 12 | | frequently cited by Illinois courts; he also authored the first | 13 | | continuing legal education work on adoption for Illinois, and a | 14 | | book, "Adoption: An Attorney's Guide to Helping Adoptive | 15 | | Parents"; he also edited "Gitlin's Illinois Annotated Family | 16 | | Practice Desktop Code"; he was a regular columnist for the | 17 | | Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, and was published in the Illinois | 18 | | Bar Journal; he wrote, edited, and published his own | 19 | | periodical, the "Gitlin on Divorce Reports", a bimonthly | 20 | | publication which offered candid and insightful commentary on | 21 | | the opinions rendered by the Illinois Appellate Courts and the | 22 | | Illinois Supreme Court; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Gitlin served his community in many | 24 | | capacities, including serving as a member of the Woodstock |
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| 1 | | School Board, Councilman, Mayor for the City of Woodstock, | 2 | | President of the Mental Health Center for McHenry County, and | 3 | | founder of the McHenry County Family Services Agency; he served | 4 | | on the Board of the Mount Hope Methodist Church in Johnsburg | 5 | | and served as Chair of the Board of the First United Methodist | 6 | | Church of Woodstock; he was a Delegate to the 1980 Republican | 7 | | National Convention; before his legal practice, he served in | 8 | | the United States Army from 1954 to 1956 as a Psychiatric | 9 | | Social Worker during the Korean War; he served as a group | 10 | | worker in a Chicago settlement house, the Association House, | 11 | | and as a community worker for the Institute for Juvenile | 12 | | Research in Chicago, coordinating a study of juvenile gangs in | 13 | | Chicago's near west side; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Gitlin was preceded in death by his first | 15 | | wife, Val Johnson Gitlin; his daughter, Laura Gitlin-Petlak; | 16 | | his parents, Clara and Reverend M. H. Gitlin; his sister, | 17 | | Fania; and his brother, Leon; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Gitlin is survived by his wife, Paulette | 19 | | Gitlin; his son, Gunnar Gitlin; his stepchildren, Jessica | 20 | | (Michael) Levins, Frank (Jen Consalvo) Gruber, and Jack (Rose | 21 | | Marie) Vrett; his sister, Vera; his brother, Emmanuel (Lydia); | 22 | | his grandchildren, Alisa, Hannah, and Miriam; his | 23 | | step-grandchildren, Beverly, Charlie, and Isla Breeze; his | 24 | | great-grandchildren; and his nieces and nephews; therefore, be |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | H. Joseph Gitlin, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 5 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Joseph Gitlin as an expression of | 9 | | our deepest sympathy.
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