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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of John Clifford
 4    Hedley of Aurora on November 18, 2002; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Hedley was born in Buffalo; his family later
 6    moved to New York City, where he attended City College of New
 7    York  for  one year before being drafted into the Army during
 8    the Korean War, where he served as a paratrooper; and

 9        WHEREAS, After his discharge, he returned to New York and
10    ran the payroll department for Union Carbide while  attending
11    college at night; and

12        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Hedley  received  a  bachelor's  degree in
13    economics from City College in 1958; soon after, Kroger Foods
14    hired him as  a  benefits  administrator,  working  first  in
15    Cincinnati, then in Chicago; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Hedley  started  with Morton Salt in 1964;
17    during his tenure at Morton,  he  negotiated  all  collective
18    bargaining  agreements;  he was the Salt Group vice president
19    of  employee  relations  until  1990,  when  he  became  vice
20    president of human resources and an officer of  the  company;
21    he retired in 1994; and

22        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Hedley  met  his wife Joan in Chicago, and
23    they were married in 1967; and

24        WHEREAS, Mr. Hedley had a long affiliation  with  Marmion
25    Academy  that  began  when  his  two  sons attended the Roman
26    Catholic private boys school; he was named to  the  board  of
27    trustees  in  1984  and served as chairman from 1992 to 1994,
28    the first non-Catholic to do so; and

29        WHEREAS, Mr. Hedley served  on  the  board  of  the  Mark
30    Morton  Foundation in Chicago and was a former trustee of the
 
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 1    Cathedral Shelter in Chicago; and

 2        WHEREAS, Mr. Hedley was a member of  the  Church  of  the
 3    Ascension  in  Chicago  and  St. Helena's Episcopal Church in
 4    Beaufort, South Carolina;  he  was  also  a  docent  for  the
 5    Historical  Beaufort  Foundation  and  at  the  lighthouse at
 6    Hunting Island, S.C.; and

 7        WHEREAS, Mr. Hedley's passing  will  be  deeply  felt  by
 8    many,  especially his wife, Joan; his sons, John and Neville;
 9    his  brother,  Wilson;  his  sister,  Helen  Wally;  and  his
10    grandson; therefore, be it

11        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
12    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
13    John  Clifford  Hedley  along with all who knew and loved him
14    and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends;
15    and be it further

16        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
17    presented  to  the  family  of  John Clifford Hedley with our
18    deepest sympathy.