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90_HR0119
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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 Tennessee 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.