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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Judge Marjan Peter
4 Staniec of Chicago who recently celebrated his 90th birthday on
5 August 1, 2004; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Marjan Peter Staniec was born in Chicago in 1914
7 to Hipolit and Mary Rulikowski Staniec; after graduating from
8 Crane Junior College, he studied law at Catholic University of
9 America in Washington D.C. (formerly Columbus University)
10 where he received his Bachelor of Laws, LL.B and LL.M., and his
11 Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree;
 
12     WHEREAS, In 1976, Mr. Staniec was appointed to the bench
13 and reappointed in 1983; in July of 1993, he was reassigned to
14 the bench after he retired; his most recent term of office
15 expired in December 1996, but was extended through 1997 by
16 Supreme Court Order; he is the founder of the Ad Hoc Committee
17 on Agency Court Related Senior Citizen Issues; and he was
18 instrumental in the first-ever passage of Illinois legislative
19 resolution "Senior Citizens Bill of Rights" in 1993; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Judge Staniec has held government posts in several
21 states and the District of Columbia; before his judicial
22 experience, he held positions with the United States Patent
23 Office; the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
24 Commerce; he was a Social Security Administrator for Milwaukee,
25 Dearborn, Port Huron, Covington, and Chicago; was a Special
26 Assistant, Assistant Regional Director, and Regional Executive
27 Officer HEW Region Five; delegate of the White House Conference
28 on Aging; and was an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University
29 School of Law in Chicago; and
 
30     WHEREAS, Judge Staniec is happily married to Mary Mildred
31 Hobbs and has five children, Wayne P., Carol Ann (Hamilton),

 

 

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1 William T. Wilson, Joyce (Stark), and Joseph G. Wilson;
2 therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5 recognize Judge Marjan Peter Staniec on the occasion of his
6 90th birthday; that we commend him for achieving a long and
7 fulfilling career, and we wish him happiness and good health in
8 the future; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Judge Marjan Peter Staniec as a token of our
11 respect.