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Full Text of HJR0031 103rd General Assembly

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House Amendment 001
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HJ0031eng 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 31

2     WHEREAS, Donald E. Stephens was born in Chicago on March
3 13, 1928; and

4     WHEREAS, Donald E. Stephens was the first village
5 president (mayor) of Rosemont; he was first elected in 1956
6 and re-elected in every subsequent election until his death on
7 April 18, 2007; and

8     WHEREAS, Prior to the village of Rosemont's incorporation,
9 Donald E. Stephens was the president of the homeowner's
10 association of the neighborhood that later became Rosemont;
11 and

12     WHEREAS, Donald E. Stephens was believed to be the
13 longest-serving mayor in the United States at the time of his
14 passing; and

15     WHEREAS, During Donald E. Stephens' tenure as mayor, the
16 village of Rosemont grew from a community of only 85 people to
17 become one of Illinois' most influential communities with over
18 4,000 residents as well as the nation's tenth-largest
19 convention center, properly named the Donald E. Stephens
20 Convention and Conference Center; and

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1     WHEREAS, Donald E. Stephens oversaw the construction of
2 the 18,500 seat Allstate Arena and the Rosemont Theatre; and

3     WHEREAS, Donald E. Stephens was an avid collector of
4 Hummel figurines and established a museum holding his
5 collection in Rosemont; the Donald E. Stephens Museum of
6 Hummels claims to be the largest public display of Hummel
7 figurines in the world; therefore, be it

8     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
10 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Balmoral
11 Avenue Bridge over Interstate 294 as the "Donald E. Stephens
12 Memorial Bridge"; and be it further

13     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Toll Highway Authority is
14 requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
15 State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
16 giving notice of the name "Donald E. Stephens Memorial
17 Bridge"; and be it further

18     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
19 presented to the family of Donald E. Stephens and the
20 Executive Director of the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.

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