Full Text of SR0514 95th General Assembly
SR0514 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Robert Michael Buhai of Highland Park, | 4 |
| who passed away on December 27, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Michael Buhai
was the Past President Z.B.T. | 6 |
| at the University of Illinois, and the Past President of Buhai | 7 |
| Manufacturing Company; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the Mayor of Highland Park from 1975 to | 9 |
| 1987; he served as a councilman from 1971 to 1975; he also | 10 |
| served on the city's Business and Economic Development | 11 |
| Commission from 1987 to 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, After serving as Mayor, he was elected to the Lake | 13 |
| County Board, serving from 1990 to 2002; he also served on the | 14 |
| Board's Financial and Administration Committee and was elected | 15 |
| by his fellow board members to serve as president of the Forest | 16 |
| Preserve Board from 1996 to 1998; He is remembered for his | 17 |
| devotion to public service and advocacy for seniors and youth; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Buhai had a lifelong love of sports, and was a | 20 |
| diehard Chicago Cubs, Bears, and Bulls fan; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Michael Buhai is survived by his loving | 2 |
| wife, Ruth (nee Hirschfield); his children, Betsy (Charles) | 3 |
| Zeifman, Barbara Buhai (Stephen Katz), and Liz (George) | 4 |
| Buhai-Jacobus; his grandchildren, Rebecca, Coby, and Amy | 5 |
| Zeifman, Nate and Lily Katz, and Sarah and Samantha | 6 |
| Buhai-Jacobus; and his sister, Nancy Gray; he was preceded in | 7 |
| death by his sister, Susan Beslow; and his brothers-in-law, | 8 |
| George Beslow and Stanley Gray; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family, friends, and the community of Highland Park, the | 12 |
| passing of Robert Michael Buhai; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Robert Michael Buhai as a symbol of | 15 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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