Full Text of HR0638 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Edward
"Ed" McElroy on the | 4 | | occasion of his 90th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy was born in Chicago on July 20, 1925 to | 6 | | Joseph and Elizabeth McElroy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy began his career in radio broadcasting | 8 | | in 1946 working with former
White Sox broadcaster Bob Elson; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy joined WJOB in Hammond, Indiana in | 11 | | 1947, where he did a daily one-hour sports show for 3 years; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1950, Ed McElroy worked with popular disc | 14 | | jockey Eddie Hubbard at Radio WIND; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1951, Ed McElroy joined WJJD, starting as a | 16 | | disc jockey and eventually
becoming the news and sports | 17 | | director; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, While at WJJD, Ed McElroy became the state | 19 | | commander for the Catholic War
Veterans organization in 1961, |
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| 1 | | and, in 1962, he was elected National Commander of the Catholic
| 2 | | War Veterans organization; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy continued his radio career with WJJD | 4 | | until 1986; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 1986, Ed McElroy founded Edward F. McElroy & | 6 | | Associates, a public relations firm
focused on representing the | 7 | | American Legion, the Chicago Police, and various unions and | 8 | | conducting
campaigns for judicial candidates in Cook County; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy continues to work full-time and will be | 11 | | celebrating his birthday with his
3 children Ed, Dave, and | 12 | | Beth; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | congratulate Edward McElroy on his 90th
birthday and we wish | 16 | | him many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Edward McElroy as an
expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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