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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulates Ann (Gerber) and Bernard
4Kaplan on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on
5April 23, 2016; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ann and Bernard Kaplan met at the Edgewater Beach
7Cabana Club and were married on April 23, 1966 at the
8Ambassador East Hotel; they settled in Chicago on the Near
9North Side; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Bernard Kaplan earned his Master of Business Arts
11from the Harvard Business School and is the oldest living
12Harvard Business School graduate in Chicago; he served as head
13of a candy company and also worked in real estate; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Ann Kaplan attended Wright Junior College,
15Northwestern University, and Mundelein College, while working
16as a journalist; she recently retired from more than 65 years
17of gossip column writing in Chicago, the city's longest,
18continual columnist; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Ann and Bernard Kaplan have traveled to China
20seven times; they used to travel to Europe every fall, visiting
21London, Paris, and Spain; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Ann Kaplan is currently writing a book; therefore,
2be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5congratulate Ann and Bernard Kaplan on their 50th wedding
6anniversary and we wish them many more wonderful years
7together; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to Ann and Bernard Kaplan as an expression of our
10esteem and respect.