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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 23,1998 <br />Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South <br />Bend met in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on <br />Monday, March 23, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to <br />order and the Pledge to the Flag was given. <br />ROLL CALL Present: Council Members Aranowski, <br />Pfeifer, Kelly, Broden, <br />Varner, Ujdak, Coleman, <br />Hosinski <br />Absent: Council Member Sniadecki <br />REPORT FROM THE SUB - COMMITTEE ON MINUTES <br />To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: <br />The sub - committee has inspected the minutes of the March 12, <br />meeting of the Council and found them correct. <br />Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. <br />/s/ Sean Coleman <br />/s/ David Varner <br />Council Member Broden made a motion that the minutes of the March <br />12, 1998, meeting be accepted and placed on file, seconded by <br />Council Member Kelly. The motion carried. <br />SPECIAL BUSINESS <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2577 -98 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, <br />COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF SENIOR U.S. <br />DISTRICT JUDGE ROBERT ALLEN GRANT <br />Whereas, the Common Council or the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana, notes that Robert A. Grant was born on July 31, 1905, <br />and moved to South Bend in 1922, graduating from the South Bend <br />High School in 1923; and <br />Whereas, Robert A. Grant graduated from the university of <br />Notre Dame cum laude in 1928 and from the Notre Dame Law School <br />cum laude in 1930; and <br />Whereas, on September 17, 1933, Robert A. Grant married <br />Margaret A. McClaren and during their more than 64 years of <br />marriage raised two children Margaret A. "Peggy" Soderberg of <br />South Bend, and Robert A. Grant, Jr., of Idyllwild, California; <br />and <br />Whereas, Judge Grant's distinguished legal career began in <br />1930 with the Pyle & Voor law firm, and included service as a <br />Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and serving the citizens of the 32rd <br />District of Indiana from 1939 through 1949 as a member of the <br />United States Congress; and <br />Whereas, on August 26, 1957, Robert A. Grant was appointed <br />by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the United States District <br />Court Northern District of Indiana, where he served as Chief <br />Judge from 1961 to 1972; and Senior Judge from 1972 until his <br />passing on March 2, 1998 at the age of ninety -two (92) years <br />young; and <br />Whereas, the Council proudly notes that on September 25, <br />1992, the Federal Court House was rededicated as the Robert A. <br />Grant Federal Building and United States Courthouse. <br />Section I. On behalf of all the citizens of the City of <br />South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council publicly commemorates the <br />