Full Text of SR0532 97th 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
Peter Andrew Tomaras of Glen Ellyn, who | 4 | | passed away on December 28, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras was born in Oak Park in 1952; he | 6 | | earned his bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from | 7 | | Elmhurst College in 1975; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras began his legal career as a docket | 9 | | clerk at the law firm formerly known as Wildman, Harrold, | 10 | | Allen, and Dixon; after studying law at night at The John | 11 | | Marshall Law School, he earned his law degree in 1981; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras was a litigation partner at Edwards, | 13 | | Wildman, Palmer LLC; during his career, he represented | 14 | | different pharmaceutical companies in childhood vaccine | 15 | | litigation during the 1980s and served as national trial | 16 | | counsel for Wyeth in its fen-phen diet drug litigation; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras was a past president of Holy | 18 | | Apostles Church, the Glen Ellyn Library Board, and the Raintree | 19 | | Homeowners Association; he was also a past board member of the | 20 | | Institute of Human Development, the Ray Graham Association, and | 21 | | Glen Ellyn Baseball; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras served as a coach with numerous Glen | 2 | | Ellyn athletic programs for over 3 decades; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras enjoyed hunting, fishing, and | 4 | | golfing; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras was preceded in death by his mother, | 6 | | Betty Tomaras; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Peter Tomaras is survived by his wife, Zoe Ann; | 8 | | his children, Andrew (Jill), Cassie, Alexis, (fiance, Brandon | 9 | | Miller) and Michael; his grandchildren, Peter and Sophia; his | 10 | | father, Dr. Andrew P. Tomaras; and his sisters, Margo (Neil | 11 | | Prendergast) Tomaras and Allison Tomaras; 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 Peter Andrew Tomaras; | 15 | | and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Peter Tomaras as an expression of | 18 | | our sympathy.
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