RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, August ("Augie") Anthony Sallas has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 86; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Augie was husband to his late wife Margaret and father to his late son August Jr., and is survived by his children, Jacqueline, Victoria Ann, Laurie, Julie, Gregory, his brother Joseph and eight grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Augie spent most of his childhood at Angel Guardian Orphanage on the North Side; and
WHEREAS, Augie attended Chicago Vocational High School, where he studied typesetting and made the decision to go into the printing trade; and
WHEREAS, He became the first Mexican American Chief of the Chicago Typographical Union Local 16; and
WHEREAS, Augie worked for publications including the Blue Island Sun-Standard, the Times of Hammond, the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times and the Daily Racing Form; and
WHEREAS, From 1994 to 2014, Augie staffed the information booth and gave tours at Chicago City Hall; and
WHEREAS, Augie was president ofthe Little Village Community Council, founded the Hispanic American Labor Council and ran unsuccessfully for the Chicago City Council; and
WHEREAS, He helped organize legal clinics, health clinics, college fairs, job fairs, toy drives and efforts to help people obtain passports; and
WHEREAS, Augie collected donations to repair the broken clock on the Little Village arch, a gift from Mexico President Carlos Salinas de Gortari during a visit in 1991; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-seventh day of April, 2022, do hereby commemorate August Anthony Sallas for his grace-filled life and do hereby express our condolences to his family; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy ofthis resolution be presented to the family of August Anthony Sallas.