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90_HR0104

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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are  proud  to honor Laslo Tako of Oak Park,
 4    Illinois  upon  his  retirement  as  the  Oak  Park  Township
 5    Supervisor; and
 6        WHEREAS,  Laslo  Tako  is  an  immigrant  from  communist
 7    Hungary; he was born in 1938 in Budapest, where  he  and  his
 8    family  survived  World  War II and the communist takeover of
 9    the country after the War; and
10        WHEREAS, Laslo Tako had his senior year  of  high  school
11    interrupted  when  the  Hungarian  people rose up against the
12    Russian communist oppression; after  the  revolution  failed,
13    Laslo  and  his  family  escaped to Austria, where they spent
14    several months in a refugee camp; and
15        WHEREAS, In the summer of 1957, Laslo Tako immigrated  to
16    the United States; and
17        WHEREAS,  Laslo  Tako  began taking evening classes while
18    working during the day as a tool and die maker's  apprentice;
19    he  learned  the  English  language  while taking the evening
20    courses; later, he enrolled in  the  University  of  Illinois
21    where  he  went on the receive his Bachelor of Science degree
22    with honors in 1964 and his Master  of  Arts  in  History  in
23    1965;  in  1972  he earned a Ph.D. in Modern History from the
24    University  of  Budapest,  through   cooperation   with   the
25    University of Illinois; and
26        WHEREAS, In 1973, Laslo Tako was appointed as a member of
27    the  first  Township  Revenue  Sharing Committee of Oak Park,
28    Illinois; in 1974 he was elected Township Trustee,  and  went
29    on to serve until 1977 as the Trustee member of the Community
30    Mental Health Board; and
31        WHEREAS,  From 1977 to 1981 Laslo Tako served as the Town
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 1    Clerk; in 1981 he was elected Township Supervisor; he went on
 2    to serve four terms until 1997; and
 3        WHEREAS, His many achievements during his time in  office
 4    include:   supervising the expansion of Town Hall; overseeing
 5    the intergovernmental agreement between the taxing bodies  of
 6    Oak  Park  and  River Forest; receiving statewide recognition
 7    for the township's  work  with  senior  citizens;  developing
 8    transportation,   home  delivered  meals,  the  senior  lunch
 9    program,  and  case  management  services  for   the   senior
10    citizens; and
11        WHEREAS,  Laslo  Tako  served as a teacher in the Proviso
12    East High School from 1964 to 1994; he worked to develop  the
13    first Youth Center for Oak Park; and
14        WHEREAS,   He   worked  to  create  an  intergovernmental
15    agreement which created two  Youth  Interventionists  in  Oak
16    Park  and  River  Forest; this program is aimed at preventing
17    youth  from  involvement  in,  or  affiliation  with,  gangs;
18    through outreach, intervention,  and  prevention  Laslo  Tako
19    worked   to   secure  cooperation  between  the  eight  local
20    governments within Oak Park and River Forest to secure  joint
21    funding for this program; and
22        WHEREAS,  Laslo  Tako, along with his wife Katherine, has
23    decided to leave the Oak Park area and move  to  Kentucky  in
24    order to be closer to their children; therefore, be it
25        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
26    NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that  we
27    commend  Laslo  Tako for his years of service to the Oak Park
28    Township and its citizens; and be it further
29        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
30    presented to Laslo Tako.

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