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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 Jack Kennedy Lahey of Chicago, who passed |
4 | | away on May 2, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Lahey grew up in Wrigleyville and attended |
6 | | Old St. Pat's High School; he played basketball for DePaul |
7 | | University from 1948 to 1951, and was drafted into the United |
8 | | States Army in the early 1950s; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Jack Lahey joined the Harlem Globetrotters |
10 | | organization as a member of one of their traveling teams of |
11 | | in-house rivals and faced off with such greats as Goose Tatum, |
12 | | Marques Haynes, and Ermer Robinson; though his teams always |
13 | | were beaten by the Globetrotters, it enabled him to see the |
14 | | world and meet celebrities; he met Marilyn Monroe and Joe |
15 | | DiMaggio in Japan, comedian Danny Kaye in Hawaii, and |
16 | | bandleader Xavier Cugat in the Philippines; he also saw |
17 | | Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, After his basketball career ended, Jack Lahey |
19 | | returned to Chicago and worked as a physical education |
20 | | instructor for the Board of Education; he also worked as a |
21 | | vending machine distributor and a real estate investor; and
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