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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate John R. Alongi on the
4occasion of his 90th birthday on January 1, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Alongi is a caring husband, father,
6grandfather, brother, and uncle; and
 
7    WHEREAS, John Alongi spent the early 1950s as a soldier in
8the Korean War; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Upon his return from the war, John Alongi began to
10help operate his father's Italian restaurant, Alongi's;
11Alongi's celebrated its 83rd anniversary in 2016 and is now the
12oldest Italian restaurant in Southern Illinois; and
 
13    WHEREAS, John Alongi is a former President of the DuQuoin
14Business Association, which promotes small businesses in the
15community; and
 
16    WHEREAS, John Alongi was the Congressional Economic
17Director for United States Representatives Kenneth Gray and
18Glen Poshard; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Due to his business successes and outstanding work

 

 

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1on Capitol Hill, John Alongi was invited by President Ronald
2Regan to serve on the Conference on Small Business in 1986; and
 
3    WHEREAS, John Alongi founded the Alongi Legacy Scholarship
4at Southern Illinois University to help the students of Perry
5County succeed at college; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8congratulate John R. Alongi on his 90th birthday on January 1,
92017, and we wish him many more wonderful years; and be it
10further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to John Alongi as an expression of our esteem and
13respect.