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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Robert F. Martwick on his
450 years of community service and his role as Norwood Park
5Township Democratic Committeeman; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Robert Martwick was born in Chicago on August 20,
71937; he attended St. Philips High School, the University of
8Detroit, and Loyola University; he graduated from DePaul
9College of Law; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Robert Martwick worked as an adjunct professor and
11tutored former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and former
12Illinois State Senator Howard Carroll; he also served as an
13Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's
14Attorney's Office, where he and his trial partner tried 59
15felony jury trials; he was a candidate for Illinois State
16Representative in 1968; in 1973, he founded the Law Offices of
17Finkel & Martwick with his partner, Norman Finkel, with whom he
18continues to practice with today; he also served as the
19Norridge Village prosecutor; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Robert Martwick was selected to serve as Township
21Committeeman by the Norwood Park Township Democratic
22Organization on July 30, 1969, a position he will hold through

 

 

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1the upcoming election; he was a delegate to the 1976 Democratic
2National Convention; he managed the campaigns for his brother,
3Richard J. Martwick, who served as Cook County Regional
4Superintendent of Education from 1970 until 1994; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Martwick is active in many organizations,
6including the Chicago Advocates Society, the National
7Advocates Society, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois
8State Bar Association, the Illinois Supreme Court's Committee
9on Character and Fitness, and the Ridgewood High School Board;
10he was President of the National Advocates Society from 1987
11until 1988 and President of the Ridgemoor Country Club from
121993 until 1996; he was Secretary of the Cook County Democratic
13Party from 1996 until 2018; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Robert Martwick has received many awards and
15recognitions for his service; he was the National Advocates
16Society's Man of the Year in 1989; he also received the
17Copernican Award for his service to the Polish American
18Community; in 2016, the Cook County Democratic Party recognized
19him as an Outstanding Leadership Honoree; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Robert Martwick has been married to his wife,
21Gloria, for 57 years; together, they have five children,
22Candace, Cathy, Rob, Kristen, and Holly; they are grandparents
23to 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; therefore,

 

 

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1be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4congratulate Robert F. Martwick on his 50 years of community
5service and we recognize his role as Norwood Park Township
6Democratic Committeeman; we wish him the best in his future
7endeavors; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to Robert Martwick as an expression of our esteem and
10respect.