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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  Senator Carl Hawkinson has served the people of
 3    Western Illinois since 1983, with four years in the  Illinois
 4    House of Representatives and 16 years in the Illinois Senate;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS,    Senator    Hawkinson   provided   outstanding
 7    leadership as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee  for
 8    10   years,   and  served  with  distinction  on  the  Senate
 9    Transportation, and Commerce and Industry committees; and

10        WHEREAS, Senator Hawkinson's legislative  accomplishments
11    include  leading  the  way  to  pass  the  Attorney General's
12    anti-terrorism legislation; crafting the sweeping  reform  of
13    the  state's  juvenile  justice system; helping to bring back
14    integrity to the state's criminal  justice  system  with  the
15    passage  of the Capitol Crimes Litigation Act; passing one of
16    the first anti-stalking  laws  in  the  nation;  leading  the
17    debate to institute tougher penalties and improve prosecution
18    to  rid  our streets of drug dealers; ensuring privacy rights
19    are protected with a landmark genetic  testing  privacy  law;
20    and  passing legislation guaranteeing local control of siting
21    for low-level radioactive waste; and

22        WHEREAS, He served the people of  Knox  County  with  the
23    highest  degree  of  professionalism as State's Attorney from
24    1976 through 1982; and

25        WHEREAS, Carl Hawkinson received the Illinois  State  Bar
26    Association Presidential Commendation in 1999 for "Commitment
27    to  Administration  of Justice" and served as Co-Chair of the
28    Illinois State Bar Association's  Special  Committee  on  The
29    Future of the Courts in 2001; and

30        WHEREAS,  Carl  Hawkinson graduated with high honors from
31    North Park College, Summa Cum Laude; and Harvard Law  School,
 
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 1    Magna Cum Laude; and

 2        WHEREAS,  In  his non-legislative life, Senator Hawkinson
 3    is a private attorney with the firm of Mustain, Lindstrom and
 4    Henson; and

 5        WHEREAS, He is a member of the Galesburg Covenant  Church
 6    and the Galesburg Lions Club; and

 7        WHEREAS,  Carl  Hawkinson is the husband of Karen and the
 8    father of three children, Kathleen, Anne and John; and

 9        WHEREAS, When Carl Hawkinson retires as a member of  this
10    august   body   he   will   take  on  a  position  of  utmost
11    responsibility with the new gubernatorial administration,  to
12    oversee  public  safety  during this time of increased danger
13    and threat from terrorism; therefore be it

14        RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL
15    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  that  we salute Carl
16    Hawkinson on his long and honorable record of public  service
17    to the people of Illinois; and be it further

18        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of  this preamble and
19    resolution  be  presented  to   Carl   Hawkinson   with   our
20    appreciation and admiration.