RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, William P. Levine has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of ninety-seven; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, A longtime resident of Highland Park, William P. Levine was the loving husband of Rhoda and the late Leah; and
WHEREAS, William P. Levine was a witness to the Holocaust and among the first Allied troops to liberate the Dachau concentration camp in Germany at the end of World War II; and
WHEREAS, An intelligence officer with the United States Army, William P. Levine entered Dachau on April 29, 1945 and encountered starving survivors alongside the dead; and
WHEREAS, William P. Levine helped to feed, clothe and resettle five-thousand Holocaust survivors after the war; and
WHEREAS, The experiences were so traumatic that for about four decades after the war William P. Levine did not share them with anyone; and
WHEREAS, In the early 1980s, William P. Levine began talking about his experiences and was a frequent public speaker at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and area high schools; and
WHEREAS, William P. Levine once said, "For me, the most important and effective method of preventing another Holocaust is truth in education"; and
WHEREAS, In 1962 William P. Levine received the first of two stars from President John F. Kennedy; and
WHEREAS, Following thirty years of service, William P. Levine retired from the Army Reserves in 1975 as a Major General; and
WHEREAS, In his civilian life, William P. Levine was the President of Sales at Lakeside Plastics Sales Company; and
WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of William P. Levine serve as an example to all; and
WHEREAS, William P. Levine will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by his many relatives, friends and admirers; and
WHEREAS, To his beloved family, William P. Levine imparts a legacy of faithfulness, service and dignity; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, t...
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