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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of George J. Moran of Belleville, who passed
4 away on July 31, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, George J. Moran was born on March 14, 1913 in
6 Granite City; he was a star on the Granite City High School
7 1930 football championship team; he graduated from the George
8 Washington University School of Law in 1937 then returned to
9 Granite City to practice law; in 1941, he enlisted in the U.S.
10 Navy, serving as a Second Lieutenant on LST 227; in 1946, he
11 married the former Cecilia Rogan; and
 
12     WHEREAS, George J. Moran had a long and distinguished legal
13 career; he argued a case before the United States Supreme Court
14 in 1954 that established maritime law on inland waterways; he
15 was elected to the appellate court in 1964; he also practiced
16 law in Granite City with William Beatty before retiring in
17 1980; after his retirement, he was "of counsel" in his
18 daughter's and son-in-law's firm, Callahan and Moran, P.C.,
19 where he handled environmental cases; and
 
20     WHEREAS, George J. Moran was a member of the Madison County
21 Bar Association for seventy years and was awarded the Liberty
22 Bell Award from the Madison County Bar Association in 1981 and

 

 

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1 a life-time achievement award from the association in 2005; and
 
2     WHEREAS, George J. Moran was preceded in death by his wife;
3 his son, William Moran; his sister, Virginia Schroeder; and his
4 brothers, Cecil Moran, Norbert P. Moran, John Moran, James
5 Moran, and Glennon Moran; and
 
6     WHEREAS, George J. Moran is survived by his son, George J.
7 Moran; his daughter, Judge Kathleen Moran; his son-in-law,
8 James P. Callahan; his grandchildren, Kristin Moran, Clay
9 Moran, Andrew (Annie) Callahan, Elizabeth (Christopher)
10 Gloeckner, and Rebecca Callahan; and his great-grandchildren,
11 Devin and James Gloeckner; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
14 his family and friends, the passing of George J. Moran; and be
15 it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the family of George J. Moran as an expression of
18 our sympathy.