Full Text of HR0305 99th 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 Charles | 4 | | Edward Rice of Mishawka, Indiana, who passed away on February | 5 | | 25, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Rice was born in Manhattan, New York on | 7 | | August 7, 1931; he received his bachelor's degree from the | 8 | | College of the Holy Cross in
Worcester, Massachusetts, his law | 9 | | degree from Boston College Law School, and a master's and | 10 | | doctoral
degree in law from New York University; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Charles Rice practiced law in New York City and | 12 | | taught at New York University Law School and Fordham
Law School | 13 | | before joining the faculty at the University of Notre Dame Law | 14 | | School in 1969, where he educated generations of attorneys from | 15 | | Illinois and across the nation; in 2000,
he earned Professor | 16 | | Emeritus status; he continued to teach courses in retirement | 17 | | until December of 2014; he was a prominent speaker and author | 18 | | of 13 books on constitutional law, pro-life issues, and
| 19 | | Catholic identity at Notre Dame; he often appeared on the | 20 | | Eternal Word Television Network and was the host
of the 13-part | 21 | | series "The Good Code: The Natural Law"; he helped coach the | 22 | | Notre Dame boxing club for 30 years and was a referee and | 23 | | advisor for the
university's annual Bengal Bouts boxing |
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| 1 | | tournament, which raised funds for Holy Cross Missions
in | 2 | | Bangladesh; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Charles Rice was a member of the Education Appeal | 4 | | Board of the United States
Department of Education from 1981 to | 5 | | 1993; he was a consultant to the United States Commission on | 6 | | Civil Rights
and to various Congressional committees on | 7 | | constitutional issues; he was a member of the governing boards | 8 | | of Franciscan
University of Steubenville and the Eternal Word | 9 | | Television Network and served as chairman of
the Center for Law | 10 | | and Justice International in New Hope, Kentucky; he also served | 11 | | as an editor of the
American Journal of Jurisprudence; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Charles Rice served as state Vice-Chairman of New | 13 | | York state's Conservative Party from 1962 to 1969; he also | 14 | | served in the Marine Corps and was a Lieutenant Colonel in the | 15 | | United States Marine Corps Reserve
(Retired); and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Charles Rice and his wife had 10 children together | 17 | | and adopted
a son, born in Vietnam; they have 41 grandchildren; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | mourn the passing of Charles Edward Rice, and 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 Charles Rice as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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