Full Text of HR0845 94th General Assembly
HR0845 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were saddened to learn of the recent death of | 4 |
| Allan Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, Allan Johnson was born on December 16, 1959, in | 6 |
| Chicago, the son of Ted and Cynthia Johnson; he grew up on the | 7 |
| South Side, where his first job was helping out at a roller | 8 |
| skating rink owned by an uncle; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Columbia College and began working at | 10 |
| the Chicago Tribune in 1979, starting at the paper's lowest | 11 |
| rung, copy clerk, and steadily advancing; Mr. Johnson's byline | 12 |
| first appeared in the financial section in 1987 and the next | 13 |
| year he began the "Just for Laughs" column in the Friday | 14 |
| section, which focused on the then-booming local comedy scene; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, Since 2003, Allan Johnson was a staff reporter for | 17 |
| Q, the Sunday lifestyle section, bringing his expertise to such | 18 |
| cover stories as a hilarious take-off on "The Apprentice" and a | 19 |
| thoughtful and amusing examination of sarcasm; he was one of | 20 |
| only a handful of African-Americans writing criticism for major | 21 |
| newspapers; he provided the Chicago Tribune with more than a | 22 |
| decade's worth of reviews, interviews, and stories that were | 23 |
| thoughtful, knowing, and enthusiastic; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his newspaper work, Mr. Johnson was | 25 |
| a frequent and lively guest on local radio and television | 26 |
| programs; since 1998, he had been an adjunct professor at | 27 |
| Columbia College where he taught a course in reporting for | 28 |
| newspapers and broadcasting; he was often seen parading his | 29 |
| wide-eyed students on tours of the Tribune; and he had recently | 30 |
| developed and had begun teaching a new course on reporting | 31 |
| entertainment news for the journalism department; and
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| WHEREAS, Previously married and divorced, Allan Johnson | 2 |
| was the father of a 24-year-old son, Warren; he later married | 3 |
| Evelyn Holmes, a general assignment reporter for ABC 7 News, in | 4 |
| 1997, and from that marriage, Caitlin Josephine was born; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Allan Johnson will be felt by all | 6 |
| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Evelyn Holmes; his | 7 |
| son, Warren; his daughter, Caitlin Josephine; his parents; his | 8 |
| brother, Michael; his sister, Donna; and a host of loving | 9 |
| relatives, friends, and co-workers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we mourn, along with all who knew and loved him, the death of | 13 |
| Allan Johnson and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 14 |
| family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Allan Johnson.
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