SR1309 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Daniel Franklin "Dan" Manoyan of Waukegan, who passed away on April 20, 2020; and

WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan was born in Waukegan to Edward Manoian and Elaine (Fox) Manoian on September 30, 1950; he graduated from Waukegan High School in 1968; he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1972; and

WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan began his professional career as a sports writer at the Kenosha News and spent the next five years covering local sports in the Kenosha area; he joined the sports staff at the Waukegan News-Sun in 1977, where he was delighted to be a columnist for his hometown newspaper in the place that had provided his father with the opportunity to create a new life for himself and his children in America; he took a position at the Dallas Morning News, which had one of the leading sports sections in the country at the time, in 1988; he landed a job with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in 1992, where he worked until his retirement in 2009; while there, he covered many sports teams that hail from the State of Wisconsin, including the Green Bay Packers, the University of Wisconsin football and basketball teams, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison basketball team; he also covered several PGA Tour events during his career; and

WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan published his first book, titled Men of Granite, in 2007; he was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame for his work on Men of Granite in 2013; he published his second book, titled Alan Ameche: The Story of "The Horse", in 2012; and

WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan was a golf enthusiast who felt lucky to have had the opportunity to see and play at some of the greatest golf courses in the world; he will be remembered as a first-class father, a loving sibling and uncle, and a devoted friend; he will be deeply missed by all those fortunate enough to have known "Minnow"; and

WHEREAS, Dan Manoyan is survived by his sons, Edward Charles Manoyan and Randall Thomas Manoyan; his sisters, Barbara Burke and Judith Dembinsky; his nephew, Richard Dembinsky; and his nieces, Elaina Burke-Solie and Laura Burke-Jarrell; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Daniel Franklin "Dan" Manoyan and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Dan Manoyan as an expression of our deepest sympathy.