Full Text of HR1320 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
our | 4 | | friend and former colleague, Dr. Redd F. Griffin of Oak Park, | 5 | | who passed away on November 20, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was born and raised in Oak Park; he | 7 | | earned his master's degree in economics-marketing from | 8 | | Roosevelt University and his doctorate in education from Loyola | 9 | | University in Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was a former reporter for the City | 11 | | News Bureau of Chicago and served on the production staff of | 12 | | WTTW 11; throughout his life, he helped to promote the | 13 | | understanding and appreciation of cultural history and | 14 | | communications through courses, lectures, readers theater, | 15 | | audiovisual and print media, exhibits, and the Internet; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin served as a professor at Triton | 17 | | College and Hines VA Hospital; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was a founding member of Ernest | 19 | | Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park; he served as the Foundation's | 20 | | ambassador to the Chicago area, speaking at libraries, | 21 | | fellowship groups, and meetings across the suburbs; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin served the people as the State | 2 | | Representative of the 21st District during the 82nd General | 3 | | Assembly; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was a member of the boards and | 5 | | advisory boards with various organizations, including WTTW 11, | 6 | | the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, the International | 7 | | Press Club of Chicago, and the Illinois State Historical | 8 | | Society; he also served on the board of his alma mater, Shimer | 9 | | College; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was the beloved husband of Mary Jo; | 11 | | the loving father of Daniel (Sarah) and Timothy Griffin; the | 12 | | cherished grandfather of James and Reid Griffin; and the dear | 13 | | brother of Michael Griffin and Marnie (Joseph) Fretty; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 18 | | Redd F. Griffin; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Redd Griffin as an expression of our | 21 | | sympathy.
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