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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Melvin D. |
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| Patton of Columbia, who passed away on August 17, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Melvin Patton was born May 2, 1942, in Belleville; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He starred in two sports, basketball and baseball, |
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| at Belleville Township High School, played one year at Southern |
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| Illinois University at Carbondale, then signed with the St. |
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| Louis Cardinals in 1962; while playing in the Mon-Clair league, |
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| he was a two time batting champion (.489 in 1969 and .359 in |
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| 1971), and led championship teams at Valmeyer, and became a |
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| charter member of the Mon-Clair Hall of Fame; and |
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| WHEREAS, He obtained a Bachelor's degree in business |
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| administration at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, |
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| and a law degree from St. Louis University; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a teacher at Wirth Junior High in Cahokia, |
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| and at Collinsville High School, which led to a position as |
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| director of business services at Florissant Valley Community |
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| College; from 1985 to 1998, he was vice president of Business |
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| and Finance at Fontbonne College in St. Louis, and then became |