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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Bob Blackwood
4as he retires from the Cook County College Teachers Union; and
 
5    WHEREAS, In 1998, he married Diane Miller, from Grand
6Forks, North Dakota; and
 
7    WHEREAS, He was a professor of Literature and Film at
8Wright College from 1970 to 2000 and a teacher of English and
9various Literature courses; he is now a Professor Emeritus at
10Wright College; he has been a guest speaker on film panels at
11DragonCon and various WorldCons from 2005 to the present; he
12has been a reviewer of books on film for the American Library
13Association from 1970 to the present; and he worked as
14assistant editor, editor, and special contributor for the Cook
15County College Teachers Union College Union Voice newspaper
16from 1969 to 2012; and
 
17    WHEREAS, He is the author of From the Silent Era to "The
18Sopranos": Italian American Gangsters in Trend-Setting Films
19and TV Shows; co-author with Dr. John Flynn of Future Prime:
20The Top 10 SF Films of the 20th Century as Chosen by WorldCon
21Fans; and a film reviewer for the Columbia River Reader in
22Washington and Oregon from 2008 to the present; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, He has worked in public relations for various
2political figures over the years, including State
3Representative Roman J. Kosinski, Chicago Aldermen Thomas
4Cullerton and Patrick Levar, Water Reclamation District
5Commissioner Gloria Alitto Majewski, and Congressman Frank
6Annunzio; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we congratulate Dr. Bob Blackwood on his retirement and wish
10him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Dr. Bob Blackwood as a symbol of our respect and
13esteem.