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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of |
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| Eric Miller, age 41, of Chicago on November 24, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago and grew up on the West |
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| Side; the eldest boy in his family, he took on the role of dad |
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| to his four siblings after their father died; and
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| WHEREAS, As the Quigley North High School valedictorian and |
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| a standout basketball player, he had several academic and sport |
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| scholarship offers, but turned them down to go to a university |
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| close to his family; after graduating from DePaul University in |
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| 1985 with an accounting degree, he was a law clerk and, later, |
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| the director of operations at the law firm of Feingold & Levy, |
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| a job that inspired him to pursue a career in public service |
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| and politics; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked on the issues staff for the Illinois |
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| House of Representatives before moving to county government in |
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| 1999, where he was special assistant to Cook County Board |
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| President John H. Stroger, Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Eric had an entrepreneurial attitude and was the |
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| classic example of a self-motivated man; he brought his keen |
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| intellect and attention to detail to every endeavor he |
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| undertook; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Eric Miller has been felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his daughter, Jehan; his |
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| mother, Ada; his sisters, Angela Renee and Michele; his |
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| brothers, Theron and Seaphes; his grandmother, Navie Butler; |
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| and his fiancee, Rita Alviar; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |