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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY J. SCHADONE FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Fox, Mattiello, Newberry, O`Neill, and E Coderre

     Date Introduced: June 13, 2012

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, It is with considerable regret that this House must say good-bye to The

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Honorable Gregory Schadone; and

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     WHEREAS, The Honorable Gregory Schadone graduated from Moses Brown School.

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He continued his education, earning his Bachelor’s degree from Boston College and his Juris

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Doctor from the New England School of Law; and

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     WHEREAS, Married to his lovely wife, Christina, Representative Schadone is the proud

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father of two children, Danielle and Matthew, and is self-employed in private practice as an

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attorney; and

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      WHEREAS, On November 3rd of 1998, Greg Schadone was elected to the Rhode Island

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House of Representatives. He currently serves as Representative from District 54, which

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encompasses neighborhoods in the City of North Providence. Over the past fourteen years, he has

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served his constituents and the citizens of Rhode Island with distinction and integrity; and

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     WHEREAS, Representative Schadone is currently serving as a Member of the House

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Municipal Government Committee and has previously been the Deputy Majority Leader and

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Secretary of the House Committee on Labor and the House Committee on Rules. He has been a

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tireless advocate for his constituency and has been outspoken on many causes; and

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      WHEREAS, Active on myriad local and professional organizations, Representative

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Schadone is a member of the American Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association, the

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American Trial Lawyers Association, the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association, the Justinian

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Law Society, the Lions Club, Big Brothers of Rhode Island, the Italo-American Club, a member

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of the Advisory Board for the Alzheimer's Cure Foundation, and a member of the American Land

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Title Association; and

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      WHEREAS, Representative Schadone has touched the lives of so many people through

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his diligent efforts and with the legislation he has supported and fought to enact. He is truly an

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extraordinary man who serves as a model of dedicated and conscientious civic service, and he is

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eminently worthy of our gratitude and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby honors Representative Gregory J. Schadone as he concludes his

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service in the Rhode Island General Assembly. We thank him for a job well done, and extend our

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sincere wishes for his continued health, happiness, and success; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to The Honorable Gregory J. Schadone.

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