Full Text of SR0029 95th General Assembly
SR0029 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Reverend Roman Galiardi of Lisle, | 4 |
| Illinois, who passed away on November 26, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Stephen Galiardi was born in Cleveland, Ohio; he | 6 |
| attended St. Abbey's Benedictine High School; in 1948 he | 7 |
| enrolled at St. Procopius College in Lisle, where he was | 8 |
| manager of the football, basketball, and baseball teams, as | 9 |
| well as editor of the student newspaper; and
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| WHEREAS, He entered the monastic community in 1951 and | 11 |
| professed his vows six years later, taking the name Roman; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1959 Reverend Galiardi received a license in | 13 |
| canon law at Catholic University of America in Washington, | 14 |
| D.C.; he received a Master's degree in clinical psychology in | 15 |
| 1960; in 1961 he received his doctorate in canon law at | 16 |
| Pontifical University of St. Thomas Auinas in Rome, Italy; and
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| WHEREAS, He returned to St. Procopius College, teaching | 18 |
| psychology at the college and canon law at the seminary; he | 19 |
| held other positions, including athletic director, dean of | 20 |
| admissions, and academic dean, before serving as president of | 21 |
| the college from 1965 to 1971; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Galiardi oversaw the change of direction | 2 |
| for the college, making it co-ed and changing its name to | 3 |
| Illinois Benedictine College; in 1996 it was renamed | 4 |
| Benedictine University; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Reverend Galiardi also served Sacred Heart | 6 |
| College in Wichita, Kansas as its president, St. Joan of Arc | 7 |
| Catholic Church in Lisle as its pastor for fifteen years, and | 8 |
| as prior, or leading assistant, at St. Procopius Abbey; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Reverend Galiardi is survived by his sisters, Jean | 10 |
| Antoskiewicz, Donna Escavage, and Rosalind Homolka; therefore, | 11 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we extend our | 14 |
| condolences to the family and friends of Reverend Roman | 15 |
| Galiardi; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Reverend Galiardi.
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