Full Text of HR0293 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jacoby | 4 | | Dickens of Fisher Island, Florida, formerly of Chicago and | 5 | | Olympia Fields; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, After moving to Chicago in 1946, Jacoby Dickens | 7 | | attended Wendell Phillips High School on the South Side; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was a longtime resident of Chicago; | 9 | | he began his career at the Chicago Board of Education and | 10 | | demonstrated an entrepreneurial flair that earned him the | 11 | | distinction as one of the nation's most admired business | 12 | | leaders; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was elected to the Board of the | 14 | | Seaway Bank and Trust Company in 1979; he served as Vice | 15 | | Chairman of the board before becoming Chairman in 1983; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was well known as a champion for | 17 | | the African-American and civic communities; his deep | 18 | | involvement with the community shaped his work at Seaway, where | 19 | | he helped implement the opening of bank branches in otherwise | 20 | | underserved areas of the city, including his own South Side of | 21 | | Chicago; he focused on growing new businesses through loans, |
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| 1 | | outreach, and community development programs; he also | 2 | | supported local churches and mentoring programs, sponsoring | 3 | | African-American teenagers through high school and college; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens served as chairman of the Committee | 6 | | to Elect Harold Washington and as a Commissioner of Economic | 7 | | Development for the City of Chicago; he was a member of the | 8 | | boards of the Chicago Urban League, Chicago State University | 9 | | Foundation, and the School of Business at Florida A & M | 10 | | University; he also served as a trustee at the Museum of | 11 | | Science and Industry at DePaul University, where a | 12 | | scholarship-and-loan program was named in his honor, and at | 13 | | Chicago State University, to which he donated more than $1 | 14 | | million; in 1995, the Physical Education and Athletics Building | 15 | | at CSU was named for him; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was listed among Chicago | 17 | | Magazine's "20 Most Influential People in Chicago" and had been | 18 | | inducted into the Chicago Business Hall of Fame; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens is survived by his loving wife of | 20 | | 15 years, Veranda Dickens; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 2 | | Jacoby Dickens; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Jacoby Dickens as an expression of | 5 | | our sympathy.
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