Full Text of HR1223 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Secretary of State Jesse | 4 | | White on the occasion of his 80th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Secretary White was born in Alton; he was an | 6 | | all-city baseball and basketball player at Robert A. Waller | 7 | | High School in Chicago (now Lincoln Park High School); he | 8 | | graduated in 1957 with a bachelor's degree from Alabama State | 9 | | University, where he played baseball and basketball, and served | 10 | | as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division of the United | 11 | | States Army from 1957 to 1959; he also served as a member of | 12 | | the Illinois National Guard; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1959, Secretary White founded the Jesse White | 14 | | Tumblers to serve as a positive alternative for children | 15 | | residing in the Chicago area; since its inception, more than | 16 | | 10,700 young men and women have performed with the team; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Secretary White played minor league professional | 18 | | baseball with the Chicago Cubs organization, which was followed | 19 | | by a 33-year career with the Chicago Public Schools system as a | 20 | | teacher and administrator; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Secretary White became a political protege of |
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| 1 | | long-time Cook County Board President and 42nd Ward Democratic | 2 | | Committeeman George Dunne; he was elected to the Illinois | 3 | | General Assembly in 1974 and served for 16 years; he was | 4 | | elected Cook County Recorder of Deeds in 1992, and re-elected | 5 | | in 1996; in recent years, he has also served as Democratic | 6 | | Committeeman of Chicago's 27th Ward; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Secretary White was first elected Secretary of | 8 | | State of Illinois in 1998, and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, | 9 | | and 2010; he has been an advocate on traffic issues, including | 10 | | teen driver safety, DUI legislation, and truck highway safety; | 11 | | he has improved customer service in the Secretary of State's | 12 | | office and embraced technology to better serve the public; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Secretary White continues to serve as an advocate | 14 | | for organ and tissue donation; he initiated legislation | 15 | | creating the First Person Consent Organ/Tissue Donor Registry, | 16 | | which makes a person's decision to donate legally binding; | 17 | | since 2006, more than 5,000,000 people have signed-up for the | 18 | | registry; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In May 1995, Secretary White was inducted into the | 20 | | Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame; he was inducted | 21 | | into the Chicago Public League Basketball Coaches Association | 22 | | Hall of Fame in June 1995, and in 1999, he was inducted into | 23 | | the Alabama State University Sports Hall of Fame; therefore, be |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Secretary of State Jesse White on his 80th | 5 | | birthday, and wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Secretary White as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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