Full Text of HR0639 93rd General Assembly
HR0639 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Richard "Dick" | 3 |
| Lockhart, lobbyist and founder of Social Engineering | 4 |
| Associates, Inc., has recently celebrated his 80th birthday; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart was born in Lima, Ohio, on January | 7 |
| 20, 1924; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943, | 9 |
| volunteering for infantry duty; he was assigned to the European | 10 |
| Theatre, where he was held as a prisoner of war in 1945; he was | 11 |
| awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and was | 12 |
| honorably discharged from service on December 12, 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart continued his education at | 14 |
| Northwestern University Evening School in 1946; he married | 15 |
| Dorothy Phelps in 1948 and they have raised their children | 16 |
| together, including their daughter and son, Lisa Louise and | 17 |
| David Douglas; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart Formed Social Engineering | 19 |
| Associates, Inc. on September 15, 1958, in Chicago; he helped | 20 |
| guide the successful referenda calling for Illinois' 3rd | 21 |
| Constitutional Convention in 1968 and served as special | 22 |
| consultant to the President of the Constitutional Convention; | 23 |
| he was later retained for the successful referendum adopting | 24 |
| the proposed Constitution in 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart was designated by the Chicago Sun | 26 |
| Times as being one of the "Ten Best Lobbyists in Illinois", was | 27 |
| elected Speaker of the Illinois Third House in 1980, and was | 28 |
| credentialed to cover every Democratic and Republican National | 29 |
| Convention between 1964 and 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart has authored and published several | 2 |
| works including "The Illinois Political Reporter", the article | 3 |
| on Illinois for "The Encyclopedia Britannica" in 1974, "The | 4 |
| Legislative Process and the Pursuit of Virtue", and "Words Wise | 5 |
| and Otherwise", among others; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart has shown benevolence and humanity | 7 |
| through his donations to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, | 8 |
| The Illinois State Library, and the Allen County Public Library | 9 |
| in Ft. Wayne, Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart has entered his 45th year as a | 11 |
| professional lobbyist; therefore be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| hereby extend our best wishes to Richard "Dick" Lockhart on the | 15 |
| occasion of his 80th birthday and commend him for his years of | 16 |
| dedication to the people of the State of Illinois; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Richard "Dick" Lockhart as an expression of our | 20 |
| esteem.
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