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90_HR0186
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to
3 recognize an individual who has made outstanding
4 contributions to the bench, bar, and society through his
5 service in the judicial system; and
6 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Justice
7 Charles E. Freeman of Chicago was named Chief Justice of the
8 Illinois Supreme Court on Monday, May 12, 1997; and
9 WHEREAS, Charles Freeman graduated from Virginia Union
10 University in Richmond with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
11 Liberal Arts and received his Juris Doctor Degree from John
12 Marshall Law School in Chicago; and
13 WHEREAS, Early in his career, he served as an Assistant
14 Attorney General, an Assistant State's Attorney, and an
15 attorney for the Board of Election Commissioners; he was
16 appointed as an arbitrator to the Illinois Industrial
17 Commission and later served as a Commissioner on the Illinois
18 Commerce Commission, having been appointed by the Governor;
19 and
20 WHEREAS, In 1976, he was elected to the Circuit Court
21 where he served for ten years; he was elected to the
22 Appellate Court in 1986 and has the distinction of having
23 served as the Presiding Judge of the 3rd Division and as a
24 member of the Executive Committee of the 1st District in the
25 same year; and
26 WHEREAS, Justice Freeman is a member of the Cook County
27 and Illinois State Bar Associations, the Illinois Judicial
28 Council, and the Illinois and American Judges' Associations;
29 and
30 WHEREAS, He was elected on November 6, 1990, the first
31 African-American to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court; and
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1 WHEREAS, Judge Charles E. Freeman has served the judicial
2 system for many years with competence and fairness, earning
3 him the unequivocal admiration of all those fortunate to know
4 him; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 congratulate Justice Charles E. Freeman on his appointment as
8 Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and extend to him
9 our sincere best wishes for continued success in the future;
10 and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to him as an expression of our deep respect and
13 esteem.