Full Text of SR0815 94th General Assembly
SR0815 94TH 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 deeply saddened to learn of the death of Arnold Miller of | 4 |
| Highland Park, on Monday, July 31, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He grew up in Albany Park; he was a cadet in the | 6 |
| Reserve Officers' Training Corp program at Von Steuben High | 7 |
| School; he attended the University of Illinois at | 8 |
| Urbana-Champaign, graduating with a degree in accounting; he | 9 |
| was united in marriage in 1975 to Dolores Epstein; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined his brothers at Quill Corp. in 1974; he | 11 |
| helped the company grow from approximately $3.5 million in | 12 |
| annual sales in 1973 to almost $650 million when it was sold to | 13 |
| Staples in 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, He had numerous interests throughout his life | 15 |
| including balsa-wood model airplanes and would eventually | 16 |
| learn to pilot real airplanes; he loved the West in general and | 17 |
| deserts in particular, leading groups of friends, including his | 18 |
| brothers on expeditions down the Colorado River in rafts and | 19 |
| across the Baja Peninsula in Mexico in four-wheel-drive trucks; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, His perseverance led him to study the Torah and | 22 |
| complete his bar mitzvah at the age of 79; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Arnold Miller has been deeply felt | 24 |
| by many, especially his wife, Dolores; his sons, Gregory, | 25 |
| Avrum, and Harlan; his daughters, Cindy Levy, Gail | 26 |
| Miller-Salkin, Susan Pack, and Lauren Jacobson; his brothers | 27 |
| Jack and Harvey Miller; and twelve grandchildren; therefore, be | 28 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 |
| Arnold Miller, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 3 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy.
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