Full Text of SR0883 95th General Assembly
SR0883 95TH 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 James C. Griggs, Jr. of Chicago, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 9, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on October 24, 1930 on the near | 6 |
| westside of Chicago; he and his family moved to Maple Park in | 7 |
| 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, His career began in 1947, when he served the Army | 9 |
| in the Illinois National Guard; he went on to become a member | 10 |
| of the Army Security Agency (ASA) with top secret clearance and | 11 |
| attained a rank of sergeant; he was honorably discharged in | 12 |
| September of 1957; he received a Bachelors of Arts from | 13 |
| Roosevelt University in 1954, a Masters of Education from | 14 |
| Illinois Teacher College in 1964, a Juris Doctorate from DePaul | 15 |
| University in 1977, and a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois | 16 |
| University, Carbondale in 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1957, he started his career as a mental health | 18 |
| sociologist with the Illinois Department of Mental Health; in | 19 |
| 1958 he became a probation officer in Chicago; he was a | 20 |
| probation officer with a caseload that was representative of | 21 |
| all ethnic backgrounds; in 1960, he went to work for the City | 22 |
| of Chicago, Commission on Youth Welfare, and the Chicago |
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| Community on Urban Opportunity; he was responsible for managing | 2 |
| a community center which provided hope to the disenfranchised; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1968, he went to work at the University of | 5 |
| Illinois-Chicago, where he served as Director of the | 6 |
| Educational Assistance Program (EAP), designed to increase | 7 |
| minority enrollment; he was also tenured as Associate Professor | 8 |
| in Higher Education; he became president of Malcolm X College | 9 |
| in 1977 and remained there until 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005 he became a developer and construction | 11 |
| manager, acquiring land, building and selling a single family | 12 |
| home on the southeast side of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, James C. Griggs, Jr. is survived by his wife, | 14 |
| Alice; his son, Eric James (Billie); and his granddaughter, | 15 |
| Jessica; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James C. Griggs, Jr.; | 19 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of James C. Griggs, Jr. as a symbol of |
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| our sincere sympathy.
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