Full Text of HR1066 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 Judge | 4 | | Richard Jay Elrod of Lincolnwood, who passed away on April 19, | 5 | | 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge Elrod was born in Chicago on February 17, | 7 | | 1934; he attended Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, | 8 | | Georgia from 1947 to 1951, where he was an all-star football | 9 | | player; he graduated from Northwestern University, where he | 10 | | also played football, in 1955 with a degree in Political | 11 | | Science; he married Marilyn later that same year; he received | 12 | | his Juris Doctor in 1958 from Northwestern University Law | 13 | | School; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Judge Elrod had a long career of public service; | 15 | | his experience includes: Assistant Corporation Counsel for the | 16 | | City of Chicago from 1958 to 1960, Chief City Prosecutor for | 17 | | the City of Chicago from 1965 to 1970, Illinois State | 18 | | Representative from 1969 to 1970, Sheriff of Cook County from | 19 | | 1970 to 1986, Senior Assistant Attorney General from 1986 to | 20 | | 1988, and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge starting August of | 21 | | 1988; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Judge Elrod's bar association, civic, and |
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| 1 | | charitable work was extensive; some of the organizations for | 2 | | which he has served include: the Jewish Judges Association of | 3 | | Illinois, the Center for Disability
and Elder Law (Board of | 4 | | Directors), Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan
Chicago | 5 | | (President), the Chicago Bar Association, the National Council | 6 | | Boy Scouts of
America, the Safer/Pace Foundation, the Grand | 7 | | Lodge of Masons of Illinois (33rd Degree),
State of Israel | 8 | | Bonds (Chairman), the B'nai B'rith Council of Greater Chicago, | 9 | | the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, and the Medinah Shrine Police | 10 | | Unit and Legal
Committee; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Judge Elrod received numerous special | 12 | | recognitions, including an appointment by President Ronald | 13 | | Reagan to serve on the United States
President's Child Safety | 14 | | Partnership (1986), the American Board of Trial Advocates'
| 15 | | Lifetime Achievement Award (2011), The Decalogue Society of | 16 | | Lawyers - Man of the Year (2012) recognition, and Mayor Richard | 17 | | J. Daley's Chicago Police Medal of Honor (1978); he received | 18 | | the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers - Man of the | 19 | | Year (1985) Award, the Disabled American Veterans - Meritorious | 20 | | Service Award (2005), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Award, | 21 | | the Illinois Security Chiefs Association - Outstanding Service | 22 | | Award, the Chicago Bar Association - Bench and Bar Committee's | 23 | | Outstanding Service
Award, the Medinah Shriners - Community | 24 | | Service Award, the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry - | 25 | | Distinguished Service
Award for Outstanding Contribution to |
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| 1 | | Law Enforcement, and the Shaare Zedek Hospital's Man of the | 2 | | Year Award; he was the elected President of the National | 3 | | Sheriff's Association (1983-1984) and the Illinois Sheriff's | 4 | | Association (1978); and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge Elrod is survived by his wife of 58 years, | 6 | | Marilyn; his children, Steven Elrod, Donna Elrod, Audrey Lakin, | 7 | | and Ron Lakin; and his grandchildren, Elizabeth Mollen, Russell | 8 | | Mollen, Daniel Elrod, David Lakin, and Lauren Lakin; therefore, | 9 | | be it | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn the passing of Judge Richard Jay Elrod, and extend our | 13 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 14 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Judge Elrod as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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