Full Text of HR0834 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jonathan | 4 | | E. Laxamana, who passed away on December 7, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Laxamana was born on October 4, 1970; he | 6 | | earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of | 7 | | Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1992; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Laxamana worked as the digital project | 9 | | coordinator
for JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical | 10 | | Association, beginning in December of 2019; prior to that, he | 11 | | worked for 41Eightyseven as part of Location Services, The | 12 | | McGraw Hill Companies as a senior digital editor, The | 13 | | Counselors of Real Estate as communications manager, and | 14 | | Encyclopedia Britannica as a senior editor; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Laxamana volunteered as the program | 16 | | director
for the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival
from | 17 | | October 2004 to May 2013 and as the program director
for the | 18 | | Chicago Asian American Showcase at the Gene Siskel Film | 19 | | Center,
beginning in October of 2013; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Laxamana was a founding board member for | 21 | | Full Spectrum Features, a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit |
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| 1 | | organization committed to driving equity in the independent | 2 | | film industry by producing, exhibiting, and supporting the | 3 | | work of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Laxamana was the beloved son of Rellie | 5 | | and the late Terry Laxamana; the loving brother of Joe | 6 | | (Denise) Laxamana; the fond uncle of Cathlyn Laxamana; the | 7 | | dearest nephew of Generosa Laxamana, Estelita Aquino, Marvilou | 8 | | Belo, Antonio Reynaldo, and the late Ferrelou Reynaldo; and | 9 | | dear family member to many loving relatives in the | 10 | | Philippines; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn the passing of Jonathan E. Laxamana and extend our | 14 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 15 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Jonathan Laxamana as an expression | 18 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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