Full Text of HR0963 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jim | 4 | | Drozdz of Hamilton, who passed away on December 29, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was born on January 23, 1960 in Chicago | 6 | | to James A. Drozdz and Joan M. (nee Moore) Brown; he graduated | 7 | | from Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights and received | 8 | | his bachelor's degree in Law Enforcement in 1981 from Western | 9 | | Illinois University; he married Barbara Goodin on June 2, 1984 | 10 | | at St. Paul Church in Macomb; he received his master's degree | 11 | | from Western Illinois University in 1990, where he was a member | 12 | | of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and his Juris Doctor in | 13 | | 1992 from the Southern Illinois University School of Law and | 14 | | was admitted to practice before the Illinois courts; in 1999, | 15 | | he was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme | 16 | | Court, and in 2004 he received his Ph.D. in Higher Education | 17 | | Administration from the University of Iowa, where he was a | 18 | | member of the Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz served with the Illinois State Police | 20 | | from 1984 until 2004, when he was elected the State's Attorney | 21 | | for Hancock County; he was re-elected in 2008 and 2012; during | 22 | | his time with the Illinois State Police he served in many | 23 | | capacities, including as Executive Officer of the Division of |
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| 1 | | Internal Investigation in Springfield, as the Henderson County | 2 | | Assistant State's Attorney, as an Adjunct Professor in the Law | 3 | | Enforcement and Justice Administration Department at Western | 4 | | Illinois University, as a Patrol Sergeant for District 14 in | 5 | | Macomb, and as a Research Fellow with the International | 6 | | Association of Chiefs of Police in Alexandria, Virginia; he | 7 | | also served as Special Assistant to the Illinois Attorney | 8 | | General and was a Legal Advisor to the Illinois State Police in | 9 | | the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; he was a member of the | 10 | | National District Attorneys' Association and the Hancock | 11 | | County Bar Association; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was an active community member, serving | 13 | | as a paramedic for the Hancock County Ambulance Service and as | 14 | | a firefighter for the Hamilton Fire Department; he was a member | 15 | | and past President of the Carthage Kiwanis Club and former | 16 | | member of the Carthage Lions Club; he was on the Hancock County | 17 | | Republican Precinct Committee and was an active member of the | 18 | | Knights of Columbus and the Immaculate Conception Catholic | 19 | | Church in Carthage, where he served on the Parish Council; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz enjoyed playing the bagpipes for area | 21 | | events and funerals; he liked body building, fitness training, | 22 | | traveling, semi-truck driving, and teaching Criminal Law, | 23 | | Criminal Procedure, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency | 24 | | Medical Technician classes; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz is survived by his wife, Barbara; his | 2 | | father, James Drozdz; his mother and step-father, Joan and | 3 | | Gordon Brown; and his sister, Debra Reule; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we mourn the passing of Jim Drozdz, and extend our sincere | 7 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 8 | | him; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Jim Drozdz as an expression of our | 11 | | deepest sympathy.
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