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92_HR0329

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  wish to express their sincere condolences to
 4    the family and friends of former Illinois State Senator Frank
 5    Savickas, who passed away on May 14, 2001; and

 6        WHEREAS, Senator Frank Savickas was the first  member  of
 7    Lithuanian   extraction   to  be  elected  to  the  House  of
 8    Representatives where he served from 1967  through  1971  and
 9    the Senate where he served from 1971 through 1992; and

10        WHEREAS,  Senator Frank Savickas grew up on the Southwest
11    Side  of  Chicago  in  a  heavily  Lithuanian  community;  he
12    attended Wilson  College  and  once  ran  for  United  States
13    Congress  in  the  early  1980s; he also served as a Merchant
14    Marine; and

15        WHEREAS, Senator Frank Savickas rose through the ranks to
16    become  chairman  of  the  Senate  Labor  Committee  and   as
17    assistant  majority  leader;  he  was  also a committeeman in
18    Chicago's 15th Ward; and

19        WHEREAS, Senator Frank Savickas  was  also  appointed  by
20    Mayor  Richard  M.  Daley  to a leadership position at Midway
21    Airport; and

22        WHEREAS, Senator Frank Savickas was known  in  the  House
23    and Senate as a champion of the causes of senior citizens and
24    the  handicapped and disabled; Senator Savickas is considered
25    the father of the legislation which  gave  the  disabled  the
26    right to be educated; and

27        WHEREAS, In addition, Senator Frank Savickas was known as
28    a  champion for the working class and was the primary sponsor
29    of legislation that increased criminal penalties  for  crimes
30    against the elderly in the mid 1980s; and
 
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 1        WHEREAS,  The  passing  of Senator Frank Savickas will be
 2    deeply felt by all who knew and  loved  him,  especially  his
 3    wife,  Pam;  his  children, Michael, Linda, Sharon, Margaret,
 4    Angela, and Bianca; and his many friends  and  colleagues  in
 5    the Illinois General Assembly; therefore, be it

 6        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 7    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 8    we mourn, along with all who knew him, the  death  of  former
 9    State  Senator  Frank  Savickas of Venice, Florida; and be it
10    further

11        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
12    presented  to  the  family  of  former  State  Senator  Frank
13    Savickas with our sincere condolences.

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