Full Text of HR0215 96th General Assembly
HR0215 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the family of R. | 4 |
| Eugene Pincham on the occasion of Mr. Pincham's posthumous | 5 |
| nomination for the Laurel Wreath Award from the Kappa Alpha Psi | 6 |
| Fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham was born on June 28, 1925 in | 8 |
| Chicago; he graduated from Trinity High School in Athens, | 9 |
| Georgia in December of 1941; he attended LeMoyne College in | 10 |
| Memphis, Tennessee from 1942 to 1943; he earned his bachelor's | 11 |
| degree in political science from Tennessee State University in | 12 |
| 1947 and his Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern | 13 |
| University School in Law in 1951; and
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| WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham had a long and distinguished | 15 |
| career in law; he was admitted to the Illinois Bar on June 18, | 16 |
| 1951 and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in | 17 |
| 1965; he worked in private practice with the firm of Evins, | 18 |
| Pincham, Fowlkes & Cooper from 1954 to 1976; he was also a | 19 |
| trial and appeals attorney in the State and federal courts from | 20 |
| 1951 until December 6, 1976, arguing over 200 cases before the | 21 |
| appellate and Supreme Courts of Illinois, the U.S. Courts of | 22 |
| Appeals for the 6th, 7th, and 8th Circuits, and the U.S. | 23 |
| Supreme Court; and
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| WHEREAS, From December 6, 1976 to June of 1984, R. Eugene | 2 |
| Pincham served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, | 3 |
| where he was assigned to the Criminal Division; from June of | 4 |
| 1984 to December of 1996, he served as a Justice with the 1st | 5 |
| District Appellate Court of Illinois in Chicago; from 1970 to | 6 |
| 2008, he served as a lecturer-instructor in trial and appellate | 7 |
| techniques and advocacy in numerous university, including the | 8 |
| Harvard University School of Law, the Cornell University School | 9 |
| of Law, and the Northwestern University School of Law, among | 10 |
| many others; and
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| WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham was the recipient of numerous | 12 |
| awards and accolades for his work in the community, including | 13 |
| the Northwestern University Alumni Association Award of Merit, | 14 |
| the Tennessee State University Outstanding Alumnus Award, the | 15 |
| Chicago Bar Association Certificate of Appreciation, the Cook | 16 |
| County, Illinois Bar Association's Richard A. Westbrook Award | 17 |
| for Outstanding Contributions to the Legal Profession, the | 18 |
| Human Resources Development Institute's Merit Award, the Kappa | 19 |
| Alpha Psi Fraternity Achievement Award and Certificate, the | 20 |
| National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executive's | 21 |
| Appreciation Award, the BALSA of John Marshall Law School | 22 |
| Outstanding Jurist Award, the Percy Julian High School Award of | 23 |
| Appreciation, the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee of | 24 |
| the ACLU Certificate of Service, the National College of |
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| Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders Certificate of | 2 |
| Merit, the Minority Alliance Group Award for Outstanding | 3 |
| Achievement, the Tennessee State University Golden Anniversary | 4 |
| Citation Award of Merit, the John Marshall Harlan High School | 5 |
| Father of the Year Award, the United Black Laborers Community | 6 |
| Organization Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement, the | 7 |
| United Front of Cairo, Illinois Certificate of Achievement, and | 8 |
| the John Marshall Harlan High School Student Council Community | 9 |
| Award for Outstanding Service; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham was a member of numerous | 11 |
| organizations, including the NAACP, the ACLU, the Kappa Alpha | 12 |
| Psi Fraternity, the Trinity United Church of Christ, the Law | 13 |
| Club of Chicago, the Executive Club of Chicago, the Board of | 14 |
| Directors of the John Henry Wigmore Club at Northwestern | 15 |
| University, the State of Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission, | 16 |
| the Cook County Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, | 17 |
| the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the | 18 |
| Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the Association of Defense | 19 |
| Lawyers; he was a Past President of the John Marshall Harlan | 20 |
| High School Community Organization and a member of the | 21 |
| Judicature Society; he was also a former Trustee of the | 22 |
| Howalton Day School and the Morgan Park Academy; and
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| WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham married his college sweetheart, | 24 |
| Alzata Cudalla Henry, on August 31, 1948 in Louisville, |
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| Tennessee; together, they had three children, Robert Eugene | 2 |
| Pincham, Jr., Andrea Michelle Pincham, and James Frederick | 3 |
| Pincham; and
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| WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham will be long remembered in the | 5 |
| legal profession and among his family and friends for his quick | 6 |
| mind, down-to-earth demeanor, astute knowledge of the law, and | 7 |
| gifted oratory skills; his legacy will live on in the | 8 |
| courtrooms of America and in the hearts of the many judges and | 9 |
| lawyers who knew him; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate the family of R. Eugene Pincham on the occasion of | 13 |
| Mr. Pincham's posthumous nomination for the Laurel Wreath Award | 14 |
| from the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and honor the memory of | 15 |
| this great man; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of R. Eugene Pincham as a symbol of our | 18 |
| esteem and respect.
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