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| 1 |  | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 |  |     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  | 
| 3 |  | learn of the death of  Raymond Hartstein of Skokie, who passed  | 
| 4 |  | away on September 7, 2014; and
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| 5 |  |     WHEREAS, Raymond Hartstein served for many years as  | 
| 6 |  | Director of Personnel and Industrial Relations for Brunswick  | 
| 7 |  | Corporation until his retirement; prior to his work at  | 
| 8 |  | Brunswick, he worked with the American Embassy in Tel Aviv,  | 
| 9 |  | Israel as a management advisor setting up training programs for  | 
| 10 |  | Israeli industries; and
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| 11 |  |     WHEREAS, Raymond Hartstein was the Founding Chairman of  | 
| 12 |  | Oakton Community College, where he served as a dedicated board  | 
| 13 |  | member for 35 years; the Skokie eastern campus was named the  | 
| 14 |  | Ray Hartstein Campus in honor of his accomplishments; and
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| 15 |  |     WHEREAS, Raymond Hartstein was a proud Rotarian and a  | 
| 16 |  | former Skokie Rotary President; he served as President and  | 
| 17 |  | Board member of Orchard Village; he was also a long-time board  | 
| 18 |  | member of the Skokie United Way and a community leader in  | 
| 19 |  | countless other community organizations; and
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| 20 |  |     WHEREAS, Raymond Hartstein is survived by his loving wife  | 
| 21 |  | of 51 years, Rhea; he was the devoted dad of Elliott Hartstein  | 
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| 1 |  | (Judy), Barry Hartstein (Sandi), Ellen Kaufman, Larry Miner  | 
| 2 |  | (Missy), Pam Guarino (Chuck) and the late Jeff Hartstein; the  | 
| 3 |  | cherished grandfather to Joey Hartstein (Alison), Jamie  | 
| 4 |  | Tiplitsky (Scott), Scott Hartstein, Brian Hartstein (Becca),  | 
| 5 |  | Stacey Hersh (Bryan), Kelly Miller (Matt), Adam Dewitt  | 
| 6 |  | (Merritt), Joshua Lieberman (Andrea), Daniel Kaufman, Michael  | 
| 7 |  | Kaufman, Kristin Harmic (Matthew), Steven Miner (Nikki),  | 
| 8 |  | Rachel Forbes (Jon), Amy Guarino, and David Guarino (Natalia);  | 
| 9 |  | and the adored great-grandpa of Matthew, Emma, Ryder, Casey,  | 
| 10 |  | Presley, Leo, Zachary, Brandon, Gavin, Charlie, Lux, Maya,  | 
| 11 |  | Chase, Abbey, Trevor, Lily, Leah, and Keaton; therefore, be it
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| 12 |  |     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL  | 
| 13 |  | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his  | 
| 14 |  | family and friends, mourn the passing of Raymond Hartstein; and  | 
| 15 |  | be it further
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| 16 |  |     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be  | 
| 17 |  | presented to the family of Raymond Hartstein as an expression  | 
| 18 |  | of our sympathy.
  
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