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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of U.S. District Judge James B. Moran of
4 Evanston, who passed away on April 21, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, James Moran was born in Evanston; he grew up on
6 Michigan's Upper Peninsula and attended the University of
7 Michigan on a Pepsi-Cola scholarship; and
 
8     WHEREAS, James Moran served as a United States Army
9 sergeant in Korea before graduating magna cum laude from
10 Harvard Law School in 1957; after law school, he worked as a
11 law clerk for J. Edward Lumbard of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court
12 of Appeals in New York; and
 
13     WHEREAS, After his return to Evanston, James Moran served
14 in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966; he
15 then represented Evanston's 3rd Ward on the Evanston City
16 Council from 1971 to 1975; in 1979, he was appointed to serve
17 as a U.S. District Judge by President Jimmy Carter; and
 
18     WHEREAS, James Moran served as chief judge for the Northern
19 District of Illinois from 1990 to 1995; he continued to hear
20 cases until late 2008; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, James Moran was preceded in death by his second
2 wife, Nancy; and
 
3     WHEREAS, James Moran is survived by his widow, Janet Remen;
4 his son, John; his daughters, Jennifer, Sarah, and Polly; his
5 step-children with his second wife, Katie Tucker Trippi,
6 Cynthia Tucker, Laura Tucker Giancreco, and Michael Tucker; his
7 widow's children, Susan King, Carol Remen, Peggy Tarkington,
8 Lee Remen, and Tom Remen; his sisters, Nancy Larson, Susan
9 Schram, and Martha Thompson; and his 30 grandchildren and
10 step-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
13 his family and friends, the passing of U.S. District Judge
14 James B. Moran; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the family of James Moran as an expression of our
17 sympathy.