Full Text of HR1281 97th 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 former | 4 | | Chicago police officer, Homewood Trustee, and Cook County | 5 | | State's Attorney investigator Ralph De Witt, who passed away on | 6 | | October 27, 2012; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ralph DeWitt was born on July 1, 1949, in Chicago | 8 | | and grew up in the Hyde Park community; he served in the U.S. | 9 | | Army's First Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War from 1969 | 10 | | to 1970, earning a Purple Heart and other medals; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ralph DeWitt married Cynthia in October of 1971, | 12 | | and had a daughter, Lauren; he earned a Criminal Justice degree | 13 | | from Chicago State University and a Master's degree in Public | 14 | | Administration from the Illinois Institute of Technology in | 15 | | 1991; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ralph DeWitt began working with the Chicago Police | 17 | | Department in 1971, and rose to the rank of lieutenant; in | 18 | | 1991, he went to work for the Cook County State's Attorney's | 19 | | office as an investigator; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ralph DeWitt moved to Homewood in 1998, and was | 21 | | elected as a village trustee in 2001; he was the first black |
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| 1 | | Trustee for the Village of Homewood; he was re-elected in 2005, | 2 | | serving until 2009; he volunteered on the Homewood Board of | 3 | | Fire and Police Commissioners, the Homewood Veterans' | 4 | | Committee, the Homewood 911 Emergency Board, and the Adler | 5 | | School of Professional Psychology Board; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ralph DeWitt retired from the Cook County State's | 7 | | Attorney's office in December of 2011, to be the Homewood | 8 | | village manager, until stepping down in March of 2012; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn the passing of Ralph DeWitt, and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Ralph DeWitt as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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