HR1443 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Alfred E. Gallo, who passed away on August 16, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo began attending the John Marshall Law School in 1940; his studies were interrupted, however, by the onset of World War II; shortly after, he volunteered for the Counterintelligence Corps of the United States Army and was stationed in Africa and Italy; and

WHEREAS, After World War II, Alfred Gallo returned to John Marshall Law School; while in law school, he worked as a clerk/typist at Liberty National Bank, where he was promoted to assistant trust officer in 1948; in 1955, as the result of a merger with Chicago National Bank, he became one of two supervisors responsible for the trust department at LaSalle Street Bank; in 1958, he became vice president and trust officer of Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago, rising to the position of president in 1971; in 1975, he became chief operating officer and chairman of the board of United of America Bank and O'Hare International Bank, which merged with Northern Trust Bank; he was responsible for forming the Land Trust Council of Illinois, which has a membership of over 100 banks; he served as president of the trust division of the Illinois Bankers Association; he was also appointed to serve as director of a satellite bank of the holding company of the Northern Trust; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer, serving for many years in private practice; in 1960, he became president of the Justinian Society of Lawyers; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo was well known throughout his community for his career involvement in the John Marshall Law School; devoting himself greatly to the John Marshall goal of giving as many people as possible the opportunity to become a lawyer, he served on the school's governing board for more than 30 years and was elected president of its prestigious board of trustees in 2001; he served in that capacity until 2007; and

WHEREAS, The child of Italian immigrants, Alfred Gallo consistently demonstrated his commitment to the preservation of Sicilian and Italian culture; he was a driving force in the creation of the Sicilian American Cultural Association and served as the association's chairman; he was also the recipient of the Star of Solidarity from the Republic of Italy for his efforts in fostering artistic and cultural relations between Italy and the United States; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo aided in the creation of an Ecclesiastical Foundation with the guidance of Albert Cardinal Meyers and Monsignor Francis Dolan for the perpetuation of the Queen of All Saints Basilica, the first of its kind in the Catholic Church; he was also a former member of the board of directors of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association and a former member of the board of trustees of the Illinois College of Pediatric Medicine; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Gallo and his loving wife, Gina, lived on Chicago's North Side, where he was active in many community affairs and was a lector and ecumenical minister at St. William Church; he was also a devotee and lecturer on the life and art of Michelangelo and founder of the elite Oenophilists' Society of Chicago; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Alfred E. Gallo; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Alfred Gallo as an expression of our sympathy.