Full Text of SR0232 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Rep. Robert "Bob" H. Michel of Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on February 17, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel was born in Peoria to Charles H. and | 6 | | Anna (Baer) Michel on March 2, 1923; he graduated from Peoria | 7 | | High School, where he was the President of his class; he | 8 | | attended one semester at Bradley University in Peoria prior to | 9 | | joining the United States Army during World War II; he landed | 10 | | in Normandy on the fourth day of the D-Day invasion of Europe; | 11 | | he received two Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and four Battle | 12 | | Stars; upon returning from the war, he re-enrolled at Bradley | 13 | | University and graduated with a degree in business | 14 | | administration; he married Corinne Woodruff on December 26, | 15 | | 1948; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel began a career in politics that | 17 | | spanned nearly 50 years; he served as the top Republican in the | 18 | | United States House of Representatives for 14 years; he led | 19 | | Republicans through the administrations of Presidents Ronald | 20 | | Reagan and George H.W. Bush and in the years preceding the | 21 | | transfer of power in the U.S. House of Representatives from | 22 | | Democratic to Republican for the first time in 40 years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel was awarded the Presidential Citizens | 2 | | Medal in 1989 from President Reagan and the Medal of Freedom by | 3 | | President Bill Clinton in 1994; he received the first | 4 | | Congressional Distinguished Service Award in 2000; | 5 | | then-President of France, Jacques Chirac, named him to the | 6 | | Knights of the Legion of Honor in June of 2004, during the 60th | 7 | | anniversary of the Normandy landing; he participated in | 8 | | ceremonies marking the anniversary in England and France; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel received many honors and | 10 | | recognitions, most notably a bridge spanning the Illinois River | 11 | | and a veterans clinic in Peoria are named in his honor; the | 12 | | student center at Bradley University and the cloakroom at the | 13 | | Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C. are also named after him; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel was a Laureate of the Lincoln Academy | 16 | | of Illinois; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel was an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs; | 18 | | he enjoyed golf, music, singing, and gardening; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel was preceded in death by his parents; | 20 | | a sister; and his wife, Corinne; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Michel is survived by a sister; his children, |
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| 1 | | Scott, Bruce, Laurie, and Robin; five grandchildren; and two | 2 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Rep. Robert "Bob" H. Michel, and extend our sincere condolences | 6 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Rep. Michel as an expression of our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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