Full Text of HR0932 93rd General Assembly
HR0932 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of their | 4 |
| former colleague State Representative William D. Walsh of Oak | 5 |
| Brook on August 3, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, William D. Walsh was born in Chicago on February | 7 |
| 5, 1924; he valiantly served his country in the U.S. Navy | 8 |
| during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Walsh married the former Barbara | 10 |
| Kennedy in 1948; he received a B.S. in Business Administration | 11 |
| from Loyola University in Chicago in 1948; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his service in the legislature, Mr. Walsh | 13 |
| worked as a sales representative for Burroughs Corporation | 14 |
| (Unisys) in Chicago and as vice president of Alpine Plastic Bag | 15 |
| in Chicago; he was a long-time partner in P.M. Walsh & Company | 16 |
| in Oak Brook Terrace; in 1959, he was elected to the Memorial | 17 |
| Park District Board of Commissioners; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Walsh was elected for 10 terms to | 19 |
| the Illinois House of Representatives and served from 1961 to | 20 |
| 1981; during that time he filled many roles including Assistant | 21 |
| Minority Leader, Assistant Majority Leader, and House Majority | 22 |
| Leader; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Walsh was known for his integrity | 24 |
| and his knowledge of parliamentary procedure; he was a | 25 |
| proponent of community-based treatment for the mentally ill; he | 26 |
| played a leading role in the passage of the Regional | 27 |
| Transportation Authority, the oversight board for regional | 28 |
| mass transit; he also sponsored legislation that made community | 29 |
| colleges an integral part of the State's education system; he | 30 |
| was named "Most Respected Legislator" in the Chicago Tribune |
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| poll of the House of Representative members in 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Walsh was a member of the Board of | 3 |
| Directors of the Oak Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, DuPage | 4 |
| National Bank in West Chicago, the Regional Transportation | 5 |
| Authority in Chicago, and was a member of the Prisoner Review | 6 |
| Board from 1992 to 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Representative William D. Walsh was | 8 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Barbara; his sons, | 9 |
| Thomas, William Jr., David, and Terrence; his daughters, | 10 |
| Cynthia Cashen, Julie Doran, and Elizabeth Cullen; his | 11 |
| brothers, John, Robert, and Richard; and his 10 grandchildren; | 12 |
| his son, Peter, preceded him in death; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| mourn the passing of our former colleague, State Representative | 16 |
| William D. Walsh, a man of integrity who was respected by his | 17 |
| peers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of William D. Walsh as an expression of | 20 |
| our deepest condolences.
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