Full Text of HR0244 98th 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 Donald L. | 4 | | Duster of Chicago, who passed away on March 11, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Duster and his brothers and sisters all | 6 | | achieved either the first or second academic ranking in their | 7 | | high school classes; he went on to study math at the University | 8 | | of Illinois and earned a master of business arts from DePaul | 9 | | University; he served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant from | 10 | | 1953-1954 in Texas and Arizona; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Donald Duster began working at Spiegel in the | 12 | | mid-1950s, a company that was known for welcoming African | 13 | | Americans at a time when many corporate doors were not open to | 14 | | them; in 1962, he joined ComEd as a financial analyst and | 15 | | except for a small period when Governor James Thompson brought | 16 | | him to the State's Department of Business and Economic | 17 | | Development, which he ran from 1977 to 1979, he worked at ComEd | 18 | | till 1987 when he became assistant executive director of | 19 | | Chicago Commons, a non-profit agency; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Later in life, Donald Duster, began working | 21 | | towards the non-violent ending of apartheid in South Africa; he | 22 | | traveled there as a member of the United States-South Africa |
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| 1 | | Leader Exchange Program in the 1970; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Donald Duster had a passion for photography; he | 3 | | was a minimalist and would travel the globe carrying only a | 4 | | small suitcase; when he found something he liked he stuck with | 5 | | it; he would eat the same soup-and-salad combo for lunch every | 6 | | day he worked for ComEd and was a member of the same book club | 7 | | for 25 years; when his black Toyota Avalon broke down after 20 | 8 | | years, he bought another one; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Donald Duster was the grandson of anti-lynching | 10 | | crusader Ida B. Wells; he worked to support a monument in her | 11 | | honor at 37th and Langley near her home; he was an active | 12 | | member of the Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation, and he | 13 | | presented scholarships to students at Ms. Well's alma mater, | 14 | | Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Donald Duster is survived by his wife of 50 years, | 16 | | Maxine; his sons, David and Daniel; his daughter, Michelle | 17 | | Duster; his brother, Troy Duster; and his sister Alfreda | 18 | | Ferrell; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we mourn the passing of Donald Duster, and we extend our | 22 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
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| 1 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Donald Duster as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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