Full Text of SR0595 93rd General Assembly
SR0595 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of Floyd Kalber of Burr | 4 |
| Ridge, formerly a Hinsdale resident, on May 13, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kalber was born on December 23, 1924, in | 6 |
| Omaha, Nebraska; in Omaha, he met and married his high school | 7 |
| classmate Betty Rhodes; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the Army in the South Pacific during | 9 |
| World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1946, he began his career as a radio announcer | 11 |
| in Kearney, Nebraska; his television career began in Omaha at | 12 |
| KMTV, where he pioneered the news department for a decade; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1960, Mr. Kalber was hired by WMAQ-TV, a NBC | 14 |
| News affiliate in Chicago; within a few months of his arrival | 15 |
| at WMAQ-TV he began a 16-year run as the 10 p.m. anchorman for | 16 |
| the NBC-owned station; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Kalber was a correspondent for NBC News and | 18 |
| sometimes hosted the Sunday NBC Nightly News; in 1976, he left | 19 |
| WMAQ-TV to begin doing the news for the "Today" show ; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kalber retired from the network in 1981, but | 21 |
| was coaxed out of retirement in 1984 to help revive Chicago's | 22 |
| WLS-TV by anchoring the 6 p.m. newscast; he enjoyed another run | 23 |
| atop the ratings for 14 years and retired from the ABC | 24 |
| affiliate in 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, He received the nickname "The Big Tuna" of | 26 |
| television news because his power in the newsroom was perceived | 27 |
| to be as great as the power of the late Chicago mob boss Tony | 28 |
| "Big Tuna" Acardo; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 33rd-degree Mason and a multiple Emmy | 2 |
| Award winner; he was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall | 3 |
| of Fame and received the Radio and Television News Directors | 4 |
| Association's Silver Circle Award; he was also a life trustee | 5 |
| of The Community House in Hinsdale; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Floyd Kalber will be deeply felt by | 7 |
| many, especially his wife of 57 years, Betty; his children, | 8 |
| Mick (Ann) and Kathy Kinsella; and his grandchildren, Ivory and | 9 |
| Sage Kalber, and Christopher, Michael, Patrick, and Molly | 10 |
| Kinsella; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 13 |
| Floyd Kalber along with all who knew and loved him and extend | 14 |
| our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Floyd Kalber as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy.
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