Full Text of SR0168 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Emil Garippo on the occasion of his 100th | 4 | | birthday and thank him for his military service during World | 5 | | War II; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo was born to immigrant Italian | 7 | | parents and raised in the Chicago neighborhood of Little | 8 | | Italy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo enlisted in the U.S. military during | 10 | | World War II in 1944, joining his brother, Mike, who was | 11 | | deployed overseas; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, After serving in World War II, Emil Garippo's | 13 | | arrival home led him to meeting his future wife of 74 years, | 14 | | Dean Ruggs; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo followed his late brother's lead and | 16 | | entered college, graduating with a degree in education from | 17 | | DePaul University in 1949 and later earning his master's | 18 | | degree; in doing so, he became among the earliest Americans to | 19 | | benefit from the G.I. Bill and the first in his family to earn | 20 | | a college degree; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo started teaching in Chicago, rising | 2 | | to assistant principal of Spalding High School, one of the | 3 | | nation's first public schools for children with disabilities; | 4 | | noted by administrators for his talent, he was brought to the | 5 | | central office to help oversee citywide transportation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo and his family moved to Elmhurst in | 7 | | 1951; within a few years, much of his extended family | 8 | | followed, including his parents and his sister's family; now, | 9 | | many generational relatives live in the area thanks to him; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo still works out daily, with a break | 12 | | on weekends, spending 20 minutes on his stationary bike before | 13 | | completing a series of yoga-like exercises; he has never | 14 | | undergone surgery and only started using a walker and hearing | 15 | | aids in the last few years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo watches the news and sports every | 17 | | day, but he mostly enjoys spending time with his children, | 18 | | four grandchildren, and now two great-grandchildren, wishing | 19 | | them all to have a good life and to do the right thing; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Emil |
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| 1 | | Garippo on his 100th birthday, thank him for his military | 2 | | service and sacrifice to the United States of America, and | 3 | | wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Emil Garippo as an expression of our esteem and | 7 | | respect.
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