Full Text of HR0517 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor the life and | 4 | | accomplishments of James M. Bailey; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey was born on May 5, 1915, in Trenton, | 6 | | Tennessee; he has lived in Alton for over 70 years; he still | 7 | | resides in Alton on Salu Street, in the house he built in 1954; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey and his wife, Mary Louise (Simmons) | 10 | | Bailey, raised two wonderful sons, Dr. Jimmie M. Bailey and | 11 | | Judge Duane Bailey; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey earned his bachelor's degree from | 13 | | Lincoln University in Missouri in 1939; while attending Lincoln | 14 | | University, he was the first person to pledge with the Eta | 15 | | Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; he was inducted into | 16 | | the Lincoln University Alumni Hall of Fame on July 21, 2007; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey earned his master's degree from the | 19 | | University of Illinois in Champaign in 1948; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey served as an educator with the Alton |
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| 1 | | Community Unit School District for 48 years; during his career, | 2 | | he served as a junior high school teacher and basketball coach, | 3 | | principal of Lovejoy Elementary School and Central High School, | 4 | | and supervising principal of all elementary principals; he also | 5 | | holds the distinction of being the first African-American | 6 | | assistant principal at Alton High School, the first | 7 | | African-American administrative assistant to the | 8 | | superintendent, and the first African-American assistant | 9 | | superintendent of schools; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey was a member of the steering | 11 | | committees that founded Lewis and Clark Community College in | 12 | | Godfrey and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; he | 13 | | was one of the three founders of the City of Alton's Elijah P. | 14 | | Lovejoy Memorial Scholarship; he was the first | 15 | | African-American to be elected to the Alton City Council, where | 16 | | he served for 10 years; he was the first African-American to be | 17 | | elected to the position of comptroller in Alton; he served as a | 18 | | community volunteer for voter registration efforts in the City | 19 | | of Alton; he is a member of the NAACP; he is also a founding | 20 | | member of the Alton Urban League; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey will be honored for his many | 22 | | accomplishments during a ceremony held by the Celebrate An | 23 | | Elder Ministry of the Greater St. James Baptist Church in Alton | 24 | | on September 25, 2011; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we honor the life and accomplishments of James M. Bailey and | 4 | | wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to James Bailey as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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