Full Text of SR0251 95th General Assembly
SR0251 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Collins E. Brown, Sr. of Chicago, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 9, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Collins E. Brown, Sr. was a member of the Chicago | 6 |
| Fire Department for 35 years, having begun his career in 1954 | 7 |
| and retiring as Battalion Chief in 1989; he held the positions | 8 |
| of Acting Deputy District Chief, Battalion Chief, Captain, | 9 |
| Chief Firefighter of Emergency Medical Services, Lieutenant, | 10 |
| and Firefighter; and
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| WHEREAS, Collins E. Brown, Sr. received many awards, | 12 |
| honors, and commendations, including the Lambert Tree Award | 13 |
| Honorable Mention on five occasions and the Chicago Daily | 14 |
| Defender Black Firefighter of the Year; he was recognized as | 15 |
| one of the firefighters contributing the most to the Englewood | 16 |
| area, listed in the Black Almanac as one of Chicago's first | 17 |
| minority officers of the Chicago Fire Department, and noted in | 18 |
| the DuSable Museum for his achievements and endeavors with the | 19 |
| CFD; and
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| WHEREAS, Collins E. Brown, Sr. held memberships in the | 21 |
| International Association of Firefighters, State of Illinois | 22 |
| Emergency Medical Technicians, International Black |
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| Firefighters of America, and Operation PUSH Black Firefighters | 2 |
| and Paramedics Association; he was a founding member of the | 3 |
| Afro American Firefighters Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Collins E. Brown, Sr. was a member of Christian | 5 |
| Hope Missionary Baptist Church for more than 40 years, where he | 6 |
| served on the Usher Board and was a boy scout troop leader; and
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| WHEREAS, Collins E. Brown, Sr. was very athletic; he won | 8 |
| the Golden Gloves Championship, was the recipient of the | 9 |
| National Award for the Middleweight Class Boxing Championship | 10 |
| of the World (Chicago), and was a boxing instructor of the CFD | 11 |
| Navy Pier Gymnasium; he was a member of the USA Amateur Boxing | 12 |
| Federation and served as a State of Illinois Licensed Athletic | 13 |
| Judge; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Collins E. Brown, Sr.; | 17 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Collins E. Brown, Sr. as an | 20 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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