Full Text of SR0997 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Richard Salisbury Williamson of | 4 | | Kenilworth, who passed away on December 8, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson was born in 1949 in Evanston; | 6 | | he graduated from New Trier Township High School in Winnetka | 7 | | and received his Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Philosophy | 8 | | from Princeton University, where he was President of his senior | 9 | | class, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law | 10 | | School, where he was executive editor of the Virginia Journal | 11 | | of International Law; he married Jane Thatcher; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson had a long and distinguished | 13 | | career in public service at the local, state, national, and | 14 | | international level; he served 3 presidents in various senior | 15 | | policy positions: Assistant to the President for | 16 | | Intergovernmental Affairs for Ronald Reagan, Assistant | 17 | | Secretary of State for International Organizations at the State | 18 | | Department for George H.W. Bush, and for George W. Bush, | 19 | | Ambassador to the United Nations for Political Affairs, | 20 | | Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, | 21 | | and as the President's Special Envoy to Sudan; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson dedicated his life to |
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| 1 | | promoting human rights and democracy all over the world, and he | 2 | | was active in many organizations that shared his mission such | 3 | | as the Brookings Institution, the Chicago Council of Global | 4 | | Affairs, the Center for New American Security, Freedom House, | 5 | | the McCain Institute for Leadership, the International | 6 | | Republican Institute, and a United Nations Non-Governmental | 7 | | Organization dedicated to the advancement of democracy across | 8 | | the globe; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson was an adjunct professor at | 10 | | Northwestern University and authored several books and | 11 | | articles on democracy and the protection of human rights; he | 12 | | also served as chair of the Illinois Republican Party; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson is survived by his wife of 40 | 14 | | years, Jane; his children, Elisabeth Graham (Ryan), Craig | 15 | | Salisbury, and Richard Middleton (Sara); his granddaughter, | 16 | | Cora Jane; his brother, Bruce (Alice); his sister, Barb (Erv); | 17 | | and 10 nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Richard Salisbury Williamson, and extend our sincere | 21 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 22 | | him; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Richard Williamson as an expression | 3 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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