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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives wish to congratulate Kevin O'Gorman on the |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 occasion of his retirement; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Kevin O'Gorman, the son of Irish immigrants, was |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 born on the South Side of Chicago; he graduated from Oak Lawn |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 High School; he attended Washburne Trade School and completed |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 his apprenticeship with Carpenters Local 141; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 WHEREAS, Kevin O'Gorman worked as a union carpenter in |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 private and public settings and spent a good portion of his |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 career training new apprentice carpenters; he was been proud |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 to work with his hands in a meaningful career; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, Kevin O'Gorman's career culminated in his work as |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 assistant to the executive secretary-treasurer and political |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 director for the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, Kevin O'Gorman also served in other union roles, |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 including as Local 141 recording secretary, Local 141 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 president, Local 141 and Local 10 delegate to the council, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 Local 141 and Local 10 delegate to the United Brotherhood of |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 Carpenters and Joiners of America International Conventions, |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 AFL-CIO delegate, AFL-CIO COPE representative, CFL delegate, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 CFL COPE representative, and CISCO board member; he retired in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 2022 with 40 years of membership in the United Brotherhood of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Carpenters and Joiners of America; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 WHEREAS, Kevin O'Gorman believed strongly in the work he |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 did and spent his entire career working to create a collective |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 voice and protecting working people; therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 we congratulate Kevin O'Gorman on his retirement, and we wish |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 him the best in all of his future endeavors; and be it further |
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