SR0166 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The North Central Province Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. are sponsoring their annual legislative visit to the Illinois State Capitol; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., was founded in 1911 on the campus of Indiana University by African-American college men; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an international organization with over 200,000 undergraduate and alumni members; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an organization committed to promoting honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi members who have distinguished themselves individually include Johnny Cochran, Jr., Reginald Lewis, Bill Russell, Gale Sayers, Ralph Abernathy, Leon Sullivan, Samuel Proctor, Tavis Smiley, Percy Sutton, John Jacob, Lerone Bennett Jr., William Johnson, John Singelton, Cedric the Entertainer, Thomas Bradley, Ed Gardner, John Conyers, Louis Stokes, Oscar Robertson, Donald Byrd, Arthur Ashe, General Daniel "Chappie" James, C. Vernon Mason, Wilt Chamberlain, Sanford Bishop, R. Eugene Pincham, Walter Fauntroy, and Montell Jordan; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi members who have distinguished themselves in the Illinois General Assembly include Senator James Clayborne, Jr., Senator Kwame Raoul, Representative Will Davis, Representative Will Burns, Representative Eddie Jackson, Senator Richard Newhouse, and Illinois Secretary of State, and former Representative, Jesse White; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, in recognition of the achievements of the members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and the values for which they strive, proclaim March 25, 2009, as Kappa Alpha Psi Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Mike Owens, North Central Province Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.