Full Text of HR1195 93rd General Assembly
HR1195 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Dwain | 4 |
| Phillip Lubin on Sunday, September 12, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lubin was born on August 9, 1960 in Chicago to | 6 |
| Peggy and Benjamin Lubin; he attended St. Clotilde Elementary | 7 |
| School and De La Salle High School; he went on to graduate from | 8 |
| Prairie View University in Prairie View, Texas with a Bachelor | 9 |
| of Science degree in mechanical engineering in May of 1983; | 10 |
| while a student at Prairie View, he was listed in "Who's Who | 11 |
| Among Students in American Universities and Colleges"; and
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| WHEREAS, While growing up, Mr. Lubin loved to fix things, | 13 |
| especially things with an engine or motor; he was often found | 14 |
| dismantling objects around the house to see how they worked, | 15 |
| and putting them back together to see whether he could get them | 16 |
| to work even better; one of his proudest moments as a child was | 17 |
| making and riding his go-cart; he created it from scratch and | 18 |
| then challenged others in the neighborhood to races; from | 19 |
| go-carts, he moved on to motorcycles, and in his late teens, he | 20 |
| joined a motorcycle club; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lubin then turned his attention to cars; he | 22 |
| quickly became knowledgeable about cars and was proud of his | 23 |
| memory as he could tell you the specifications of most cars on | 24 |
| the road today; and
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| WHEREAS, On July 21, 1984, Dwain fulfilled a life-long | 26 |
| dream by becoming a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; | 27 |
| he pledged at Xi Lambda chapter in Chicago and quickly went on | 28 |
| to become a life member; in 1991, he was a charter member and | 29 |
| founding deacon of New Hope Community Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Following college, Mr. Lubin pursued a career as a |
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| mechanical engineer working at Sargent and Lundy Engineers, and | 2 |
| then he moved on to Nicor Gas, where he spent 15 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lubin loved to travel and enjoyed taking | 4 |
| cruises; it was on his first trip to Bermuda in February of | 5 |
| 2000, that he met his wife, Aderonke; they were married on | 6 |
| August 5, 2000; on January 21, 2001, he moved to Bermuda, where | 7 |
| he and Aderonke became members of Marsden First United | 8 |
| Methodist Church; he was a member of Epsilon Theta Lambda | 9 |
| chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Bermuda; he worked at | 10 |
| King Edward Memorial Hospital Facilities Department, and just | 11 |
| before making the decision to return to Chicago, he worked | 12 |
| briefly at the West End Development Corporation; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lubin was a good friend and confidante to | 14 |
| many; he enjoyed the friendships that he had made in his | 15 |
| lifetime; he loved to talk on the phone and spent hours staying | 16 |
| in touch with people from around the country and the world; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Lubin has been deeply felt by | 18 |
| many, especially his wife, Aderonke; his parents, Benjamin and | 19 |
| Peggy Lubin; his sister, Niva Lubin-Johnson and her husband, | 20 |
| Joseph Johnson; his grandmother, Johnnie Jackson; his | 21 |
| mother-in-law and fathers-in-law, Cynthia Bademosi and Denny | 22 |
| Richardson and Rufus Bademosi; his brothers-in-law, Oluremi | 23 |
| and Abimbola Bademosi and their wives, Sydonnie and Omonike; | 24 |
| his nieces, Tamia and Oreoluwa Bademosi; his godsons, | 25 |
| Christopher Jelkes and Matthew Marchbanks; and his numerous | 26 |
| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 29 |
| mourn the passing of Dwain Phillip Lubin, and we extend our | 30 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 31 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Mr. Lubin as an expression of our | 3 |
| sincerest condolences.
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