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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to |
3 | | congratulate Emil Garippo on the occasion of his 100th |
4 | | birthday and thank him for his military service during World |
5 | | War II; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo was born to immigrant Italian |
7 | | parents and raised in the Chicago neighborhood of Little |
8 | | Italy; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo enlisted in the U.S. military during |
10 | | World War II in 1944, joining his brother, Mike, who was |
11 | | deployed overseas; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, After serving in World War II, Emil Garippo's |
13 | | arrival home led him to meeting his future wife of 74 years, |
14 | | Dean Ruggs; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo followed his late brother's lead and |
16 | | entered college, graduating with a degree in education from |
17 | | DePaul University in 1949 and later earning his master's |
18 | | degree; in doing so, he became among the earliest Americans to |
19 | | benefit from the G.I. Bill and the first in his family to earn |
20 | | a college degree; and
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1 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo started teaching in Chicago, rising |
2 | | to assistant principal of Spalding High School, one of the |
3 | | nation's first public schools for children with disabilities; |
4 | | noted by administrators for his talent, he was brought to the |
5 | | central office to help oversee citywide transportation; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo and his family moved to Elmhurst in |
7 | | 1951; within a few years, much of his extended family |
8 | | followed, including his parents and his sister's family; now, |
9 | | many generational relatives live in the area thanks to him; |
10 | | and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo still works out daily, with a break |
12 | | on weekends, spending 20 minutes on his stationary bike before |
13 | | completing a series of yoga-like exercises; he has never |
14 | | undergone surgery and only started using a walker and hearing |
15 | | aids in the last few years; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, Emil Garippo watches the news and sports every |
17 | | day, but he mostly enjoys spending time with his children, |
18 | | four grandchildren, and now two great-grandchildren, wishing |
19 | | them all to have a good life and to do the right thing; |
20 | | therefore, be it
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21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Emil |