Full Text of SR0979 95th General Assembly
SR0979 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
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the passing of our esteemed colleague, former Illinois | 4 |
| State Senator John J. Nimrod, who passed away on January 4, | 5 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, John Joseph Nimrod was born in the Lakeview | 7 |
| district of Chicago on May 1, 1922; he was educated in Chicago | 8 |
| public schools, and then attended the University of Illinois, | 9 |
| the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northwestern | 10 |
| University; he received a Bachelor of Science degree in | 11 |
| Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 1950; and
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| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod was engaged in combat in World War | 13 |
| II and the Korean Conflict for 6 years, first in Europe and | 14 |
| then in the Far East; he graduated first in O.C.S. at Fort | 15 |
| Benning, Georgia; for his service, he was awarded 6 Battle | 16 |
| Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, a Bronze Star, and the | 17 |
| Wahrung Korean Medal, the highest award given to a non-Korean | 18 |
| civilian; he was honorably discharged from the service at the | 19 |
| rank of Captain in 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod was employed as a consultant | 21 |
| engineer and worked for General Motors and the president of a | 22 |
| plastics firm in Barrington; and
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| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod served with pride and distinction | 2 |
| as an Illinois State Senator from 1973 to 1983, proudly serving | 3 |
| the residents of the 4th Senate District; he served on various | 4 |
| important standing committees, serving as the Minority | 5 |
| Spokesman of the Public Health, Welfare, and Corrections | 6 |
| Committee and as a member of the Revenue Committee and the | 7 |
| Committee on Labor and Commerce; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod served in numerous government | 9 |
| positions, including assistant to the chairman of the Illinois | 10 |
| Industrial Commission, Assistant Director in the Illinois | 11 |
| Department of Revenue, Assistant to the President of the Cook | 12 |
| County Board of Commissioners, Supervisor of Niles Township for | 13 |
| 8 years, member of the Board of Directors of the Township | 14 |
| Officials of Illinois, past President of the State Supervisors | 15 |
| Division, the Auditor of Niles Township, past President of the | 16 |
| State Auditors Division, past President of the Township | 17 |
| Officials of Cook County, and as a Niles Township Republican | 18 |
| committeeman; and
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| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod served as the Chairman of the UNPO | 20 |
| General Assembly in The Hague, Netherlands from 1992 to 2004 | 21 |
| and as President of the UNPO Foundation USA in Washington, D.C. | 22 |
| from 2000 to 2008; he also served as Secretary General of the | 23 |
| Assyrian Universal Alliance from 1994 to 2005 and as President |
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| of the AUA Foundation from 1999 to 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod was a member of the Chicago | 3 |
| Athletic Association, the Y.M.C.A., the Masons, the Shriners, | 4 |
| the American Legion, and AMVETS; he was also a Past Director of | 5 |
| the Skokie Civil Defense and an Elder in the Presbyterian | 6 |
| Church; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod is survived by his wife, Dorothy | 8 |
| Ingeborg (Paul) Nimrod; his children, Lizbeth Nimrod, Naomi | 9 |
| (Charlie) Dickinson, Joseph John (Lynn), and John Joseph; his | 10 |
| grandchildren, Janet (Dickinson) Felton, Anna Dickinson, | 11 |
| Loribeth Dickinson, John Paul Nimrod, Joseph Nimrod Jr., and | 12 |
| Jack Nimrod; his great-grandchildren, Mya Nimrod, Thomas | 13 |
| Nimrod, and Raymond Felton; he was the brother of the late | 14 |
| Helen James Schwarten and Susie Badal and the beloved uncle of | 15 |
| Ed (Jeannie) James, Ken (Connie) James, Joe (Pat) Nimrod, Dick | 16 |
| (Jenne) Nimrod, and Charlotte Wynegar; he was the great uncle | 17 |
| of Warren (Amy) James, Jerry (Kitty) James, Ann Harvey and | 18 |
| Catherine King, Carl (Caroline) James, Merrily James, Melissa | 19 |
| Richardson, Robert (Donna) Badal, and Herb (Carol) Badal; and
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| WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod will be remembered by his former | 21 |
| colleagues in the Illinois Senate, his former constituents, and | 22 |
| his loved ones as an honest, capable, and hard working | 23 |
| legislator; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of our colleague, John | 4 |
| Joseph Nimrod; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of John J. Nimrod as an expression of | 7 |
| our sympathy.
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