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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is
3 presented annually to a person who follows what she or he
4 believes is the right course of action; the award is named
5 for President Kennedy's 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book,
6 Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight U.S.
7 Senators who risked their careers to fight for what they
8 believed in; and
9 WHEREAS, Dean Koldenhoven, the one-term Mayor of Palos
10 Heights, Illinois, condemned religious intolerance in the
11 community; and
12 WHEREAS, In what many believe was the result of his
13 decision of conscience to do what he thought was right for
14 the community, Koldenhoven was defeated in his bid for
15 reelection on April 3, 2001; and
16 WHEREAS, Mr. Koldenhoven has been a resident of Palos
17 Heights for the past 30 years; he was raised on a farm in
18 Alsip and resided in Garden Homes from 1955 to 1970 and in
19 Arizona from 1970 to 1972; and
20 WHEREAS, Before he was elected Mayor of Palos Heights in
21 April 1997, Koldenhoven served as a Republican precinct
22 captain, as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and as
23 Zoning Commissioner; a member of Local 21 Bricklayers since
24 May 1954, Koldenhoven currently is employed as a brick
25 salesman for Tri-State Brick Company; and
26 WHEREAS, He has been married to Ruth Koldenhoven for 47
27 years; they are the parents of Linda Riley, Sharon Vallas,
28 Dean Koldenhoven, and the late Donny Koldenhoven and the
29 grandparents of Erin Riley, John Riley, Paul Vallas, Dean
30 Koldenhoven III, Nicholas Koldenhoven, Gus Vallas, Rachel
31 Koldenhoven, Mark Vallas, Samantha Koldenhoven, and David
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1 Koldenhoven; therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate Dean Koldenhoven on being a recipient of the
5 2002 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in recognition
6 of his courage and determination in promoting religious
7 tolerance in Palos Heights despite the presence of great
8 adversity; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Dean Koldenhoven as an expression of our esteem.