Full Text of SR0056 096th General Assembly
SR0056 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Larry Hawkins of Chicago, who passed away | 4 |
| on January 30, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was born in Chicago on December 12, | 6 |
| 1930; he attended Douglass Elementary School and was a 1948 | 7 |
| graduate of Wendell Phillips High School, where he was a star | 8 |
| basketball player; he then received his associate's degree from | 9 |
| Wilson Junior College, his bachelor's degree at George Williams | 10 |
| College, and his master's degrees from George Williams College | 11 |
| and Roosevelt University; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins served his country with pride and | 13 |
| distinction as a member of the U.S. Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins played basketball with the Brown | 15 |
| Bombers, a spinoff of the Harlem Globetrotters, under the name | 16 |
| Hawk Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, In the late 1950s, Larry Hawkins took over as | 18 |
| coach of the basketball program at Carver High School, where he | 19 |
| coached the varsity basketball team to a second place finish in | 20 |
| the IHSA State Championship game in 1962 and led Carver to the | 21 |
| championship in 1963; he also coached girls' volleyball at Hyde |
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| Park High School and taught square and round dancing in Chicago | 2 |
| and, during the summertime, in Europe; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins served as director of the Office of | 4 |
| Special Programs-College Prep at the University of Chicago | 5 |
| since 1968; the program provides tutors and classes, sponsors | 6 |
| trips to college campuses, and helps young people increase | 7 |
| their opportunities to continue their education beyond high | 8 |
| school; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, In the early 1970s, Larry Hawkins founded the | 10 |
| Institute for Athletics and Education to work with student | 11 |
| athletes; he also served as president of Big Buddies Youth | 12 |
| Services, which dealt with troubled youths; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was named Coach of the Year by the | 14 |
| city's Prep Sports Writers Association in 1962 and 1963 in | 15 |
| recognition of his work; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Larry Hawkins; and be it | 19 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Larry Hawkins as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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