Full Text of SR0239 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Jacoby Dickens of Chicago; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was born in Panama City, Florida, | 5 | | in 1932; he and his family moved to Chicago's south side early | 6 | | in his childhood; he graduated from Wendell Phillips High | 7 | | School and went into business as a real estate developer in the | 8 | | same south side neighborhoods where he was raised; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens would purchase, renovate, and | 10 | | lease apartment buildings in Chicago; during the height of his | 11 | | success he managed more than 100 apartments; in 1971, he sold | 12 | | his real estate holdings and purchased several bowling alleys | 13 | | in Chicago and began running those; while running the bowling | 14 | | alleys, he joined the board of Seaway National Bank, one of the | 15 | | largest African American-owned financial institutions in the | 16 | | country; he joined Seaway National in 1979 as vice-chairman and | 17 | | became chairman in 1983; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens has distinguished himself with his | 19 | | philanthropic efforts; he designed a loan and scholarship | 20 | | program at DePaul University named in his honor and has donated | 21 | | more than $1 million to Chicago State University; on December | 22 | | 7, 1995, the Chicago State University Physical Education and |
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| 1 | | Athletics Building was renamed the Jacoby D. Dickens Physical | 2 | | Education and Athletics Center; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens embodied the spirit of Chicago | 4 | | State University; he valued education and dedicated himself to | 5 | | helping the university achieve its mission to help students; he | 6 | | had extensive involvement with many aspects of the university, | 7 | | including serving on the board of trustees for the university | 8 | | and the board of directors of the Chicago State University | 9 | | Foundation; his commitment to education will live on in The | 10 | | Jacoby Dickens Endowment Fund, which provides scholarships to | 11 | | multiple students annually, allowing these students to more | 12 | | easily afford higher education; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens's is survived by his wife, Veranda, | 14 | | and all the Dickens family; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Jacoby Dickens, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Jacoby Dickens as an expression of | 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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