Full Text of SR0768 96th General Assembly
SR0768 96TH 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 Alex Robert Seith, former Hinsdale | 4 |
| resident, of Hollywood, Florida, who passed away on March 23, | 5 |
| 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 27, 1934 in Aurora to Alex and | 7 |
| Helen Seith; as a young man, he earned the Rank of Eagle Scout, | 8 |
| participated in debate, track, and football at Aurora West High | 9 |
| School, graduating in 1952; he attended Yale University on | 10 |
| scholarship, earning a degree in philosophy in 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Frances Remington of Rochester, New | 12 |
| York in September of 1956; he earned his law degree at Harvard | 13 |
| University in 1960, and returned to the Chicago area to become | 14 |
| a well-known corporate and real estate attorney; throughout the | 15 |
| early years of his career, he also served as a Captain in the | 16 |
| United States Army Reserve; and
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| WHEREAS, While in college, he formed a keen interest in | 18 |
| politics and history, which would last throughout his life; he | 19 |
| became an active member of the Chicago Young Democrats and was | 20 |
| a former chairman of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; | 21 |
| most notably, he served as chairman of the Cook County Zoning | 22 |
| Board of Appeals for more than 40 years; and |
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| WHEREAS, He was the 1978 Democratic nominee for the United | 2 |
| States Senate from Illinois; a complete newcomer to electoral | 3 |
| politics, he narrowly lost to incumbent Republican Charles | 4 |
| Percy; he later went on to co-own a number of radio stations, | 5 |
| including WSDR/WSSQ in Sterling, as well as Illinois News | 6 |
| Network, a statewide radio network; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s he | 8 |
| provided on-air commentaries for WLS (Channel 7) television in | 9 |
| Chicago; he was frequently a guest on local television and | 10 |
| radio stations offering election-night analysis; he had a | 11 |
| passion for travel, taking his children and grandsons on | 12 |
| numerous "history lesson" trips to the former Soviet Union, | 13 |
| Czech Republic, and the great cities of Europe; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances, and | 15 |
| his parents, Alex and Helen Seith; and
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| WHEREAS, Alex Seith is survived by his children, William | 17 |
| (Carol Johnson) Seith, Kathleen (George) Corso, and Robert | 18 |
| (Cathy VanSchwartz); and his grandchildren Sebastian, Calvin, | 19 |
| and Alexis Seith; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Alex Seith; and be it | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Alex Seith as a symbol of our | 5 |
| sincere sympathy.
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