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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Bill Grimshaw, who passed away on March
430, 2016 at the age of 77; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw grew up near Belmont Avenue and
6Clifton Avenue in Chicago; his parents were Elmer Grimshaw and
7Violet Teppo Grimshaw; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw attended Lane Tech and Lake View
9High Schools before serving in the United States Army in
10France; after returning to Chicago, he studied at Wright Junior
11College; in 1962, he entered the University of Chicago, where
12he earned a political science degree; while working at
13Chicago's main post office, he met Jacquelyne Lane, whom he
14married in 1964; in 1973, he and his wife moved to Greenwood,
15where they lived until 2009; and
 
16    WHEREAS, After college, Bill Grimshaw taught political
17science at the Illinois Institute of Technology for 30 years;
18he was also a visiting associate professor at the University of
19Chicago; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw and his wife were instrumental in
21the election of Harold Washington, the city's first black

 

 

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1mayor, in 1983; the Grimshaws and other campaign workers
2studied precincts where voters had rejected other candidates
3and targeted those areas with volunteers, campaign literature,
4and appearances by future Mayor Washington; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw was the author of the 1995 book,
6"Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine,
71931-1991", which is still regarding as a classic in the field
8in Chicago politics; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw enjoyed breeding Rottweilers;
10originally planning to sell them, he became so attached that he
11could not bring himself to do so; they eventually found homes
12for the dogs, except the matriarch, Jasper, and her strongest
13puppy, Bruiser; he also enjoyed Haagen-Dazs Rocky Road ice
14cream, reading the works of Raymond Chandler and Elmore
15Leonard, talking politics at the Valois Restaurant, spending
16summers at the Wisconsin Dells, and spending time with his
17family; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw is survived by his wife, Jacquelyne;
19his daughter, Kim Grimshaw Bolton; his son, Chris; his brother,
20Alan; and four grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his

 

 

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1family and friends, mourn the passing of Bill Grimshaw; and be
2it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Bill Grimshaw as an expression of
5our sympathy.