Full Text of HR1094 100th 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 Wilson | 4 | | Frost of Chicago, who passed away on May 5, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was born in Cairo on December 27, | 6 | | 1925 and earned his bachelor's degree from Fisk University in | 7 | | 1950; he earned his Juris Doctor in 1958 from the Chicago-Kent | 8 | | College of Law; he later studied at DePaul University's | 9 | | Lawyer's Institute; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was hired by the Postal | 11 | | Transportation Service as a clerk, where he remained until | 12 | | 1952; he then joined Provident Hospital as a statistician; | 13 | | after earning his law degree, he joined the firm of Frost, | 14 | | Sherard, Howse & Coleman, where he continued on as a partner | 15 | | until 1973; he left to form Meyer & Frost, which later became | 16 | | Frost & Greenblatt, where he remained until his retirement in | 17 | | 1998; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost became active in Chicago politics in | 19 | | 1967 when he won election as alderman of the 21st Ward; in | 20 | | 1971, he was elected alderman of the 34th Ward, and in 1976, he | 21 | | served as the president pro tem of the City Council; he served | 22 | | the city until retiring in 1998 with the title of commissioner |
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| 1 | | of the Cook County Board of Tax Appeals; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was honored by many organizations, | 3 | | including the Original Forty Club, which awarded him the Man of | 4 | | the Year Award in 1974, and the Illinois House of | 5 | | Representatives, which issued a resolution praising his work | 6 | | upon his retirement; he also actively served various | 7 | | organizations, including the John Marshall School of Law and | 8 | | the Mercy Hospital Medical Center; he served as vice president | 9 | | of the City Club of Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost and his wife, Gloria, had four | 11 | | children; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | mourn the passing of Wilson Frost, and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Wilson Frost as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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