HR0381 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, George E. Sangmeister was born in Frankfort in 1931; he served as Will County States Attorney and later served in both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate; and

WHEREAS, George Sangmeister was elected to Congress in November of 1988, and was re-elected to the House in 1990 and again in 1992, retiring in January of 1995; while in Congress, he served on three House Committees: Public Works and Transportation, Veteran's Affairs, and Judiciary; and

WHEREAS, In more than 30 years of public service, George E. Sangmeister has held office in every branch of government; he began his public career as a Justice of the Peace and Magistrate of the Circuit Court of Will County in 1961; from 1964-68, he served as State's Attorney In Will County; he was elected in 1972 to the Illinois House of Representatives for two terms and returned to Springfield as Illinois Senator from 1976 to 1987; in the Senate he served as both chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the chairman of the Senate Executive Committee; he was named one of the "Top Ten Legislators" in a 1985 poll conducted by the Chicago Sun-Times; and

WHEREAS, George E. Sangmeister is a member of many civic organizations: the Frankfort Unit of the American Cancer Society; the Silver Cross Hospital Foundation Board; the American Legion; and the Frankfort Lions Club and is a member and former Chairman of the Support Committee for the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery; he served as a member of the Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Board of Education from September 1970 through April 1973; he is a former member of the Board of Directors of Joliet Junior College Foundation; he served as Chairman of the Housing Foundation of Will County, serving the homeless and those in need of affordable housing; and

WHEREAS, George E. Sangmeister chaired the committee that planned the transfer of the Joliet Arsenal from military to civilian use; he personally designated the committee to allocate almost 1,000 acres as the site for the now established Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery; and

WHEREAS, George E. Sangmeister is married to Doris (Hinspeter) Sangmeister and is the father of Kurt and Kimberly and the grandfather of Jordan, Cole, Keegan, and Kinzie; and

WHEREAS, A sculpture will be dedicated on May 26, 2007 at the Frankfort Founders Center to George E. Sangmeister for his hard work and devotion to the Village of Frankfort, the County of Will, and the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we honor the life of George E. Sangmeister and acknowledge the legacy and history of this important person in the life of Frankfort; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to George E. Sangmeister and the Village of Frankfort as a symbol of our respect.