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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Edward
"Ed" McElroy on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his 90th birthday; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy was born in Chicago on July 20, 1925 to | ||||||
| 6 | Joseph and Elizabeth McElroy; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy began his career in radio broadcasting | ||||||
| 8 | in 1946 working with former
White Sox broadcaster Bob Elson; | ||||||
| 9 | and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy joined WJOB in Hammond, Indiana in | ||||||
| 11 | 1947, where he did a daily one-hour sports show for 3 years; | ||||||
| 12 | and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, In 1950, Ed McElroy worked with popular disc | ||||||
| 14 | jockey Eddie Hubbard at Radio WIND; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, In 1951, Ed McElroy joined WJJD, starting as a | ||||||
| 16 | disc jockey and eventually
becoming the news and sports | ||||||
| 17 | director; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, While at WJJD, Ed McElroy became the state | ||||||
| 19 | commander for the Catholic War
Veterans organization in 1961, | ||||||
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| 1 | and, in 1962, he was elected National Commander of the Catholic
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| 2 | War Veterans organization; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy continued his radio career with WJJD | ||||||
| 4 | until 1986; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In 1986, Ed McElroy founded Edward F. McElroy & | ||||||
| 6 | Associates, a public relations firm
focused on representing the | ||||||
| 7 | American Legion, the Chicago Police, and various unions and | ||||||
| 8 | conducting
campaigns for judicial candidates in Cook County; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Ed McElroy continues to work full-time and will be | ||||||
| 11 | celebrating his birthday with his
3 children Ed, Dave, and | ||||||
| 12 | Beth; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | congratulate Edward McElroy on his 90th
birthday and we wish | ||||||
| 16 | him many more wonderful years; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Edward McElroy as an
expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 19 | respect.
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