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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Robert | ||||||
| 4 | Steele of North Lawndale, who passed away on June 19, 2017; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was the son of former Cook County | ||||||
| 6 | Commissioner and Board President Bobbie Steele; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was commissioner of Cook County's | ||||||
| 9 | 2nd District and worked on committees such as construction, | ||||||
| 10 | contract compliance, human relations, and rules and | ||||||
| 11 | administration; he was appointed to take the seat of his mother | ||||||
| 12 | Bobbie Steele after her retirement in 2006; he went on to win | ||||||
| 13 | the election in 2010 and the re-election in 2014; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was previously a Chicago Park | ||||||
| 15 | district administrator and was heavily involved in | ||||||
| 16 | community-based efforts in his native west side; he was | ||||||
| 17 | president pro tempore of the county board, a forest preserve | ||||||
| 18 | district board member, and chairman of the environmental | ||||||
| 19 | control and contract compliance committees; he also served on | ||||||
| 20 | the boards of Mount Sinai Hospital and the Gift of Hope; he was | ||||||
| 21 | a trustee of Frazier Preparatory Academy and president of the | ||||||
| 22 | National Association of Black County Officials from 2008 to | ||||||
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| 1 | 2010; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was a lifelong Chicagoan and cared | ||||||
| 3 | deeply about the North Lawndale community; he was a tireless | ||||||
| 4 | advocate for organ donation after receiving a kidney transplant | ||||||
| 5 | from his sister; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was affectionately called the Man of | ||||||
| 7 | Steele and had the biggest heart for people; he loved working | ||||||
| 8 | in the trenches alongside community organizations, churches, | ||||||
| 9 | schools, at-risk youth, and senior citizens; he developed great | ||||||
| 10 | alliances with these groups by working to bring empowerment | ||||||
| 11 | zones to the City of Chicago and most recently had been focused | ||||||
| 12 | on addressing safety and restorative justice in his service | ||||||
| 13 | areas; he was a devoted public servant and will be deeply | ||||||
| 14 | missed by the communities he served, his family, and his | ||||||
| 15 | children; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | mourn the passing of Robert Steele, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 19 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 20 | him; and be it further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to the family of Robert Steele as an expression of | ||||||
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| 1 | our deepest sympathy.
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