Full Text of HR1077 97th 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 former | 4 | | State Representative Roger C. Marquardt; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Marquardt was born on October 23, | 6 | | 1936, in the Village of Lombard where, as a fifth generation | 7 | | Lombardian, he called home for the first 67 years of his life; | 8 | | he was married to Judy "Hardy" Marquardt, and had 4 children; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Marquardt started his career with | 11 | | the Lombard Police Department, where he served as the deputy | 12 | | chief; after receiving his real estate license, he left the | 13 | | police department and started his own realty firm; in 1981, he | 14 | | switched careers, becoming CEO of the DuPage Airport Authority, | 15 | | which in turn sparked his interest in transportation and | 16 | | aviation leading him to his next career as the director of the | 17 | | Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of | 18 | | Aeronautics; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He later served as the Assistant to the Secretary | 20 | | of the Illinois Department of Transportation; he then founded | 21 | | Roger C. Marquardt & Company as an independent lobbyist and | 22 | | consulting firm; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, His life was filled with numerous honors and | 2 | | accomplishments, with his biggest honor coming in 2002 when he | 3 | | was appointed to serve his hometown of Lombard in the Illinois | 4 | | House of Representatives during the latter part of the 92nd | 5 | | General Assembly; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Marquardt was a lifelong, diehard, | 7 | | Chicago White Sox and Frank Sinatra fan; he loved his hometown | 8 | | and contributed to the boards of various hospitals, banks, and | 9 | | civic organizations; as the result of his reputation for | 10 | | service, loyalty, larger-than-life personality, and devout | 11 | | love of friends and family, the village board named December | 12 | | 10th Roger C. Marquardt Day; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 16 | | former State Representative Roger C. Marquardt; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Representative Roger C. Marquardt as | 20 | | a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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