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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are proud to congratulate John D. Cavaletto
4 of Salem on being inducted into the Illinois Athletic
5 Directors' Association Hall of Fame; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Cavaletto retired from Salem High School in
7 June 2001 after 38 years in education; during this time he
8 was a teacher, coach, athletic director, and principal; and
9 WHEREAS, Mr. Cavaletto was employed at Mt. Vernon High
10 School, Coulterville High School, the Graduate School of
11 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Mulberry Grove
12 High School, Mater Dei High School, and Salem Community High
13 School; and
14 WHEREAS, Mr. Cavaletto coached his Mater Dei basketball
15 team to a 4th place finish in the 1974 State Tournament,
16 while being elected Coach of the Year for Southern Illinois
17 that same year; and
18 WHEREAS, Mr. Cavaletto was membership chairman for the
19 Illinois Athletic Directors Association (IADA) for three
20 years, served on five different state conference committees
21 and was the IADA representative to the IHSA Athletic
22 Director's Advisory Board; he has also received the IADA
23 Outstanding Athletic Director of the Year Award; and
24 WHEREAS, Other awards that Mr. Cavaletto received are the
25 Illinois Principals Association Herman Graves Award, the
26 Illinois Athletic Directors Distinguished Service Award, the
27 Knights of Columbus Award, the Breese Jaycees Service Award,
28 the Eastern Seal Society Service Award, the Parent-Teacher
29 Organization Service Award, the Salem Shrine Club Service
30 Award, and the Salem Lions Club Service Award; and
31 WHEREAS, Mr. Cavaletto is active in his community and was
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1 a past president at the Salem Community Activities Center; he
2 is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Salem Elks Lodge,
3 the Illinois High School Principal Association, and the Salem
4 Moose Lodge; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Cavaletto is married to Connie Cavaletto and
6 has three sons, Kevin, John, and Jason, and three
7 grandchildren, Taylor, Rachel, and Jonathan; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10 we congratulate John D. Cavaletto for being inducted into the
11 Illinois Athletic Directors' Association Hall of Fame; and be
12 it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to John D. Cavaletto as an expression of our
15 esteem.
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