Full Text of HR1021 95th General Assembly
HR1021 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Richard "Dick" Lockhart formed the governmental | 3 |
| consulting and lobbying firm, Social Engineering Associates, | 4 |
| Inc., (SEA) in 1958, and that company has remained in | 5 |
| continuous operation for the last 50 years; and
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| WHEREAS, SEA has provided lobbying and other governmental | 7 |
| consulting services to a wide-range of non-profit interests, | 8 |
| currently representing 15 such organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, SEA published the nonpartisan newsletter, "THE | 10 |
| ILLINOIS POLITICAL REPORTER" for 25 years from 1961 until 1986 | 11 |
| and conducted Lobbying Seminars during the 1970s and 1980s; | 12 |
| during the 1960s, SEA moderated "Metropolitan Report" on WTTW | 13 |
| Channel 11 in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick Lockhart, as President of SEA, was named by | 15 |
| the Chicago Sun-Times as one of the "10 Best Lobbyists in | 16 |
| Illinois", wrote the 10,000-word article on Illinois for the | 17 |
| Encyclopedia Britannica, and served as Special Consultant to | 18 |
| the President of the Constitutional Convention in 1970; in | 19 |
| 1981, he was selected as Speaker of the Illinois Third House; | 20 |
| in 2004, he was the recipient of Illinois Third House's | 21 |
| Lifetime Achievement Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart, now 84 years old, continues to serve | 2 |
| his clients and provide members of the Illinois General | 3 |
| Assembly with accurate information on legislative issues; | 4 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Richard Lockhart and Social Engineering | 8 |
| Associates on 50 years of providing effective governmental | 9 |
| consulting services; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Richard Lockhart, President of Social Engineering | 12 |
| Associates, Inc., as an expression of our esteem.
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