Full Text of HR0943 96th General Assembly
HR0943 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Richard | 4 |
| "Dick" Solomon of Naperville, who passed away on October 29, | 5 |
| 2009, following a courageous 15-year battle with Parkinson's | 6 |
| Disease; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick Solomon was born June 2, 1933 in Bloomington; | 8 |
| he graduated from Bloomington High School in 1951 and from the | 9 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology in 1955, with a Bachelor of | 10 |
| Science degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering; and
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| WHEREAS, On October 9, 1955 he married Jane J. Henderson in | 12 |
| Colfax; in 1956 he entered the United States Navy and was | 13 |
| stationed in Japan and New York working in the Research, | 14 |
| Testing, and Developmental Laboratory; when he was discharged | 15 |
| in 1958, Dick and Jane settled in Naperville; and
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| WHEREAS, He dedicated his life to fire protection service; | 17 |
| he worked as Assistant Chief Engineer at ISO in the Municipal | 18 |
| Department located in Chicago from 1958 to 1966; he founded | 19 |
| Richard H. Solomon & Associates in 1967 as a fire protection | 20 |
| engineering firm serving governmental units and was the primary | 21 |
| project and field engineer and lead consultant to more than 65 | 22 |
| municipalities and fire districts in Illinois and surrounding |
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| states; Richard H. Solomon & Associates regarded life safety | 2 |
| codes and the development of communities to ensure adequate | 3 |
| fire protection; Richard Solomon served until his retirement in | 4 |
| 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He also served as DuPage County Fire Marshal from | 6 |
| 1977 until his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Solomon held many other positions in his | 8 |
| life; by gubernatorial appointment, Richard was a member of the | 9 |
| Illinois Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education | 10 |
| Commission from 1970 to 1977, where he served as Chairman for | 11 |
| several years; he was Vice-Chairman of the Illinois High Rise | 12 |
| Fire Commission in the mid-1980s and worked actively to create | 13 |
| legislation to protect occupants of high-rise housing and | 14 |
| hotels; and
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| WHEREAS, He was inducted as a Life Member of the National | 16 |
| Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and served or led several | 17 |
| committees; he held leadership positions in the Society of Fire | 18 |
| Protection Engineers by serving on the national and Illinois | 19 |
| Boards of Directors, President of the Illinois chapter, and | 20 |
| many other committees; the Chicago chapter awarded him the | 21 |
| Joseph B. Finnegan award and the Lewis W. Freeman award for | 22 |
| outstanding service to the field; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard was a lecturer and speaker at several | 2 |
| institutions, including the Illinois Institute of Technology | 3 |
| and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as | 4 |
| many fire professional, municipal, and technical organizations | 5 |
| throughout the country; he wrote many training materials, | 6 |
| including a text that is still utilized in several degree | 7 |
| programs across the country; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard was a charter member of the Naperville | 9 |
| Congregational Church and actively involved in church | 10 |
| committees; he was a devoted husband and father to his two | 11 |
| daughters, Karen and Diane, and a loving grandfather to his | 12 |
| grandsons Brian and Danny; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Solomon's dedication to his jobs, civil | 14 |
| service, the people of Illinois, and his family has inspired | 15 |
| many who were lucky enough to cross his path; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 19 |
| Richard "Dick" Solomon; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Richard "Dick" Solomon as an | 22 |
| expression of our sincere sympathy.
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