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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Arthur
 4    E. Giddings of Willowbrook on Monday, July 21, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Giddings  spent  his  early  childhood  in
 6    LaGrange  before  moving  with  his  family to Downers Grove,
 7    where he graduated from high school in 1948; he attended  the
 8    University  of  Denver, where he received a bachelor's degree
 9    in hotel and restaurant management in 1952; and

10        WHEREAS, Mr. Giddings  worked  for  several  years  as  a
11    manager  for  Harding-Williams  Food  Service,  an industrial
12    catering company in Chicago; in the early 1960s, he became an
13    executive with Interpoint Corp., a food-service company  that
14    built restaurants along highways; and

15        WHEREAS, Mr. Giddings moved to Hinsdale in 1965, where he
16    became  active  within  the  village,  both as a parent and a
17    public servant; for several years, he was  a  member  of  the
18    Community  Relations  and  Park  and Recreation Committees of
19    Hinsdale; he served as a  trustee  on  the  Hinsdale  Village
20    Board  from 1975 to 1979; he held numerous posts in the local
21    youth sports league  and  was  president  of  the  McDonald's
22    Hinsdale Swim Club when his children were young; and

23        WHEREAS,  During  the early 1980s, Mr. Giddings played an
24    important role in founding the Hinsdale Center for the  Arts;
25    after  serving as its president in the early years, he became
26    a lifetime trustee in 1999; and

27        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Giddings  retired  in  1996;  during   his
28    retirement, he helped manage his son's golf course in Stevens
29    Point, Wisconsin; and

30        WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Giddings has been deeply felt
31    by  many,  especially  his wife, Barbara; his sons, James and
 
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 1    Robert; and his four grandchildren; therefore, be it

 2        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
 3    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
 4    of Arthur E. Giddings and extend our sincere  condolences  to
 5    his family and friends; and be it further

 6        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 7    presented  to  the  family  of  Arthur  E.  Giddings  as   an
 8    expression of our deepest sympathy.