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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Matthew D. Melucci of Collinsville, who 
4passed away on May 10, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci was born on January 23, 1944, in 
6Belleville, New Jersey; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci earned his bachelor's degree from 
8Rutgers University in 1966 and his master's degree from St. 
9Louis University in 1974; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci had a long career in public 
11service which began during his service as a lieutenant in the 
12U.S. Army Military Police Corps, where he was assigned to the 
13Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; he served as Madison 
14County's first director of administration under the late Nelson 
15Hagnauer from 1975 to 1979; he also served as first chief of 
16staff to U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello and was named 
17executive director of the East-West Gateway Council of 
18Governments in 1979; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci was a 5-term clerk of the Third 
20Judicial Circuit Court; he was first elected to the position in 
211992 and was subsequently re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 
 
 
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12008; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci served as the chairman of the 
3Madison County Democratic Party; in 2007, he was elected to 
4serve as the Madison County Democratic Party Chairman and was 
5recently re-elected to that post; he was also a member of the 
6Democratic National Committee; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci was a St. Louis Fellow in the 
8Program for Senior Executives of State and Local Government at 
9the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University 
10and was in the 1977 to 1978 class of the Danforth Foundation's 
11St. Louis Leadership Program; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci was a member of S.S. Peter & Paul 
13Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, and the American 
14Legion Post 365; he was also a past president of the 
15Collinsville Lions Club and the Italian American Club of 
16Southwestern Illinois; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci was preceded in death by his 
18parents, Matteo and Antoinette, nee LaBadia, Melucci, and his 
19sister, Maria, nee Melucci, Bainbridge; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Matthew Melucci is survived by his nephews, Tom, 
21Tim, Mark, and James Bainbridge; his nieces, Carla Cogdell and 
 
 
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1Maria Wilckens; his great-niece and great-nephews; his 
2brother-in-law; and his aunts and cousins; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
5his family and friends, the passing of Matthew D. Melucci; and 
6be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Matthew Melucci as an expression of 
9our sympathy.