Bill Text: IL SR0586 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of George Peter Yanos of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0586 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0586-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of George Peter Yanos of Oak Park, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on May 12, 2023 at the age of 76; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, George Yanos was born to a nurse and carpenter in | ||||||
| 6 | Yonkers, New York on November 22, 1946; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, George Yanos developed an understanding of the | ||||||
| 8 | importance of family through his grandfather's teachings, | ||||||
| 9 | which stayed with him for the rest of his life; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, George Yanos married Jan Hagan on December 27, | ||||||
| 11 | 1967, and together, they moved to Chicago and then to Oak Park; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, George Yanos worked at the computer center of the | ||||||
| 14 | University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), while supporting his | ||||||
| 15 | wife who was studying to become a professor of social work; | ||||||
| 16 | while there, he was a part of everything, from managing punch | ||||||
| 17 | cards to installing a supercomputer along with other | ||||||
| 18 | professional projects; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, George Yanos briefly worked as a high school | ||||||
| 20 | mathematics teacher before returning to academia as a | ||||||
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| 1 | researcher and educator at the Urban Transportation Center of | ||||||
| 2 | UIC, where he relished helping his colleagues and mentoring | ||||||
| 3 | graduate students; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, George Yanos remained modest about his role in | ||||||
| 5 | the invention of the internet; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, George Yanos dedicated himself to working through | ||||||
| 7 | problems and always learning by simply being curious; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, George Yanos loved growing tomatoes and making | ||||||
| 9 | spaghetti sauce for his family; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, George Yanos is survived by his daughter and best | ||||||
| 11 | friend, Nora (Scott); his grandchildren, Belle, Ryan, and | ||||||
| 12 | Julia; his dogs, Dashi and Kechi; and the families of his | ||||||
| 13 | brothers John and Paul, his nieces and nephews; therefore, be | ||||||
| 14 | it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | George Peter Yanos and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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