Full Text of SR0715 93rd General Assembly
SR0715 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate of the State of | 3 |
| Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ronald | 4 |
| Ghilardi, former Mayor of Lisle, on July 25, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Ronald Ghilardi was born and raised in Berwyn; he | 6 |
| graduated from St. Procopius College, now Benedictine | 7 |
| University; at that time, the college was located near Lisle in | 8 |
| unincorporated DuPage County; and
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| WHEREAS, While in college, Mr. Ghilardi's affection for the | 10 |
| village of Lisle grew and fueled his dream to one day become | 11 |
| Lisle's mayor; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ghilardi met his wife, Nancy, when she and | 13 |
| several girlfriends were recruited by her church to participate | 14 |
| in the plays being put on by the then all-male college; he was | 15 |
| often chosen to act in the plays; in 1962, one year after he | 16 |
| graduated, the couple married; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon graduating from college, Mr. Ghilardi worked | 18 |
| in Allstate Insurance Company's legal department during the day | 19 |
| and attended John Marshall Law School in the evenings; he | 20 |
| earned his law degree in 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ghilardi served as a Lisle trustee from 1970 | 22 |
| to 1981 and as the Mayor of Lisle from 1989 to 2001; he was also | 23 |
| a member of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and served as | 24 |
| president of the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference; and
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| WHEREAS, As Mayor of Lisle, Mr. Ghilardi was greatly | 26 |
| admired for his leadership skills; he championed the | 27 |
| transference of the village's dependence on property taxes onto | 28 |
| the area of sales; he pushed for sales-tax rebates that | 29 |
| realized hundred of thousands of dollars and benefits to the |
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| village; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ghilardi retired from Allstate in the late | 3 |
| 1990s as the company's assistant vice president of litigation | 4 |
| management; he later joined Ohio Casualty and two years ago, | 5 |
| moved to Cincinnati to become that company's director of | 6 |
| litigation management; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ronald Ghilardi will be deeply felt | 8 |
| by many, especially his wife, Nancy; his daughters, Lisa | 9 |
| Williams and Christine Ghilardi-Solomon; his mother, Louise; | 10 |
| his brother, Lawrence; and his three grandchildren; therefore, | 11 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 14 |
| Ronald Ghilardi along with all who knew and loved him and | 15 |
| extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | 16 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Ronald Ghilardi as an expression of | 19 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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