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92_HR0895
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, This Illinois House of Representatives has
3 learned with a great mixture of emotions of Michael J.
4 Mahoney's plans to retire as President of the highly
5 respected John Howard Association; and
6 WHEREAS, As Michael J. Mahoney brings to a close a
7 27-year term of service to this nationally regarded
8 organization, there will a unique niche left to be filled;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, Before the John Howard Association, Michael
11 Mahoney served as a regional director and adult probation
12 administrator with the National Council on Crime and
13 Delinquency, as a juvenile institution administrator for the
14 Illinois Department of Corrections and as a juvenile
15 probation officer in Kentucky; and
16 WHEREAS, Michael J. Mahoney has won the respect and
17 admiration of many while working as a tireless advocate for
18 the rights and treatment of one of society's most unpopular
19 sectors, the incarcerated; and
20 WHEREAS, Under usually adverse conditions, Michael J.
21 Mahoney served on countless gubernatorial panels, legislative
22 committees and national task forces to fight for humane
23 treatment and the need for access to substance abuse
24 treatment; and
25 WHEREAS, Michael J. Mahoney's expertise can be best
26 acknowledged by noting that corrections officials in 43 other
27 states and several foreign countries have sought his counsel
28 and advice; and
29 WHEREAS, The quality of his work can best be measured by
30 honors like the Morris J. Wexler Award, the Donald R.
31 Hammergren Award and the E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement
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1 Award; and
2 WHEREAS, In addition to his knowledge of the criminal
3 justice system and passion for fairness, Michael J. Mahoney
4 will always be remembered as a person who brought his Irish
5 sense of humor and a major dose of good will to the task of
6 solving the problems and challenges of our times; therefore,
7 be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY
9 SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10 Michael J. Mahoney be commended for demonstrating the true
11 spirit of 18th Century Sheriff of Bedford, England, John
12 Howard, and on behalf of all the people of Illinois he
13 receive our profound thanks for a job well done; and be it
14 further
15 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Michael J. Mahoney as an expression of our
17 esteem.