Full Text of SR0726 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the Illinois | 3 | | Senate that distinguished lobbyist Richard "Dick" Lockhart has | 4 | | recently
announced that he will be retiring at the end of this | 5 | | session after 59 years as a registered lobbyist; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart was born in Lima, Ohio on January | 7 | | 20, 1924; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart enlisted in the United States | 9 | | Army in 1943; during his time in the service he was held
as a | 10 | | prisoner of war in 1945, and as a result of his bravery and | 11 | | selflessness, he was awarded the Bronze Star and
the Combat | 12 | | Infantryman Badge; he was honorably discharged from service on | 13 | | December 12, 1945; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart returned to Chicago and | 15 | | continued his education at Northwestern University
Evening | 16 | | School in 1946; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart married Dorothy Phelps in 1948 | 18 | | and together they raised two children,
Lisa and David; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart pursued a career focused on | 20 | | politics, forming a lobbying and consulting firm,
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| 1 | | Engineering Associates in 1958; he published a nonpartisan | 2 | | newsletter, "The Illinois Political Reporter" beginning in | 3 | | 1961 until 1986; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart was named as one of the "10 Best | 5 | | Lobbyists in Illinois" by the Chicago Sun-Times; he served as a | 6 | | special consultant to the President of the Constitutional | 7 | | Convention in 1970, as
speaker of the Illinois Third House in | 8 | | 1981, and in 2004, he was the recipient of the Illinois Third | 9 | | House
Lifetime Achievement Award; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart has authored numerous works, | 11 | | including, "The Legislative Process and the Pursuit of Virtue", | 12 | | "Words Wise and
Otherwise", and "Lockhart Logic", as well as | 13 | | compiling a World War II memoir in which he eagerly
shares his | 14 | | vast knowledge with friends and strangers alike; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart has, throughout his lifetime, | 16 | | given generously to support the United States Holocaust
| 17 | | Memorial Museum, the Illinois State Library, and the Allen | 18 | | County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Lockhart has admirably served numerous | 20 | | clients over his career including: the Illinois Credit Union | 21 | | League, the Illinois Mental Health Association, the Illinois | 22 | | School Psychologists Association, the Condominium Association |
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| 1 | | of Chicago, the Retired Chicago Teachers Association, the State | 2 | | University Annuitants Association, and many other groups; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Upon retirement, Richard Lockhart plans to write a | 4 | | civics guide on lobbying and the legislative process; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we hereby extend our | 8 | | best wishes to Richard "Dick" Lockhart on the occasion of his | 9 | | retirement and commend him for his years of dedication to the | 10 | | people of the State of Illinois; and be it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That we declare December 31, 2017 as "Richard | 12 | | "Dick" Lockhart Day" in the State of Illinois; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Richard Lockhart as an expression of our
esteem | 16 | | and respect.
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