HR1021

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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Richard "Dick" Lockhart formed the governmental 
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consulting and lobbying firm, Social Engineering Associates, 
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Inc., (SEA) in 1958, and that company has remained in 
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continuous operation for the last 50 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, SEA has provided lobbying and other governmental 
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consulting services to a wide-range of non-profit interests, 
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currently representing 15 such organizations; and

 
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    WHEREAS, SEA published the nonpartisan newsletter, "THE 
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ILLINOIS POLITICAL REPORTER" for 25 years from 1961 until 1986 
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and conducted Lobbying Seminars during the 1970s and 1980s; 
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during the 1960s, SEA moderated "Metropolitan Report" on WTTW 
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Channel 11 in Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dick Lockhart, as President of SEA, was named by 
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the Chicago Sun-Times as one of the "10 Best Lobbyists in 
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Illinois", wrote the 10,000-word article on Illinois for the 
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Encyclopedia Britannica, and served as Special Consultant to 
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the President of the Constitutional Convention in 1970; in 
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1981, he was selected as Speaker of the Illinois Third House; 
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in 2004, he was the recipient of Illinois Third House's 
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Lifetime Achievement Award; and

 

 


 






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    WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart, now 84 years old, continues to serve 
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his clients and provide members of the Illinois General 
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Assembly with accurate information on legislative issues; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Richard Lockhart and Social Engineering 
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Associates on 50 years of providing effective governmental 
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consulting services; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be 
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presented to Richard Lockhart, President of Social Engineering 
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Associates, Inc., as an expression of our esteem.