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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Arthur Earl Keegan Jr., formerly of |
4 | | LaGrange and Chicago, who passed away at the age of 87; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. served in the United States Navy |
6 | | during the Korean War; and |
7 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was a school teacher at Jones |
8 | | Commercial High School in Chicago
for 30 years, where he taught |
9 | | accountancy, data processing, business law, business math, and
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10 | | chaired the department for many years; he also coordinated the |
11 | | Office Occupations
program and was proud of having written the |
12 | | Chicago Teachers Union contract article
that governed |
13 | | occupation programs like Office Occupations, Distributive |
14 | | Education, and Industrial
Cooperative Education; and |
15 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was an active member of the |
16 | | Retired Teachers Association of
Chicago, where he was elected |
17 | | director shortly after joining; in 2008, he
was elected |
18 | | treasurer, and in 2014, he was elected second vice-president; |
19 | | and |
20 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was a world traveler |
21 | | extraordinaire, having visited no less than 68
countries; and
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