Full Text of SR0879 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of George Alexander Terzian of Park | 4 | | Ridge, who passed away on March 3, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian was born to Alexander and Margaret | 6 | | Terzian on June 10, 1932; he was raised in the West Pullman | 7 | | neighborhood of Chicago and graduated from Fenger Academy High | 8 | | School; he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served four years | 9 | | during the Korean War, traveling to many places with his | 10 | | favorites being Japan, where he learned to converse in the | 11 | | language, Guam, where he played football and made many | 12 | | lifelong friends, and San Diego and San Francisco, where he | 13 | | spent shore leaves with his California cousins; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian attended the University of | 15 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on a football scholarship and the | 16 | | GI Bill; he received a degree in physical education and earned | 17 | | a master's degree in physical education and kinesiology; he | 18 | | also received a master's degree in counseling from DePaul | 19 | | University; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian taught physical education, driver | 21 | | education, and health and coached a variety of sports, | 22 | | including football, wrestling, and track and field; he spent |
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| 1 | | the majority of his career working at Maine East High School in | 2 | | Park Ridge from 1966 to 1994, where he was a pioneer in the | 3 | | development of curriculum for SPED-PE, physical education for | 4 | | students with disabilities; he also worked at the Skokie | 5 | | Health Department, Bement High School, Wilber Wright College | 6 | | in Chicago, Maine South High School, and numerous summer | 7 | | camps; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian was inducted into the Illinois | 9 | | High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005; | 10 | | his high athletic standards helped many individuals and teams | 11 | | reach the championship level; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian enjoyed numerous sports in which | 13 | | he participated and held a variety of hobbies and interests, | 14 | | including telling stories and jokes, woodworking, baking | 15 | | baklava from scratch, amusement parks, vegetable, flower and | 16 | | landscape gardening, classic films, comedy, chess, poetry, | 17 | | piano, singing, the theater, and traveling to visit friends; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian was preceded in death by his wife, | 20 | | Marjorie; his parents; his brother, Charles Terzian; and his | 21 | | sisters, Rose Hovsepian, Mary Kirishian, and Caroline Winter; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, George Terzian was the father of Elle Margaret | 2 | | (Richard) Scholwin and Shelley Marie Terzian; the brother of | 3 | | Beverly Miller; and the uncle, great-uncle, and | 4 | | great-great-uncle of many nephews and nieces; therefore, be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | George Alexander Terzian and extend our sincere condolences to | 8 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of George Terzian as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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