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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST SYMPATHIES ON THE PASSING OF ORLANDO A. ANDREONI,

ESQ.

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, McNamara, Craven, and
Speakman

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Orlando

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A. Andreoni, Esq., the devoted husband of Linda Andreoni for twenty very happy years, loving

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father of Michael Andreoni, Julie Andreoni, Jeffrey Andreoni, and Brenden Gauch, and the very

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proud grandfather of Siobhan, Orlando, Stacy, and Tyson; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, "Andy" as he was fondly known by all, was the son of

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the late Orlando and Marie Andreoni, and the brother of Rodney Andreoni. He was a graduate of

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LaSalle Academy and earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island; and

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     WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. Andreoni received his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University

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Law School and shortly thereafter, was admitted to the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Bar

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Associations, and in 1979, was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; and

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     WHEREAS, A longtime resident of the City of East Providence, Mr. Andreoni had

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maintained a diverse legal practice in the City since 1984, and had served as the East Providence

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City Solicitor for ten years; and

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     WHEREAS, In February of 2009 until his passing, Mr. Andreoni served the people of

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Rhode Island and the House of Representatives as Legal Counsel to the Judiciary Committee and

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the House Committee on Health, Education, and Welfare, where he was quite well-known and

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widely-admired; and

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     WHEREAS, Andy Andreoni was a unique man who was loved and respected, and he will

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be dearly missed and forever remembered by all who had the good fortune to be part of his

 

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amazing life; 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 expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Orlando A.

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Andreoni, Esq.; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Linda Andreoni and Family.

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