HR1223 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR1223 LRB093 23394 RAS 53378 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of David S. Canter on August 26, 2004; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Canter, a Hyde Park community resident, was heavily involved in Chicago politics, education, the newspaper business, and the practice of law; he made a career of fighting social and economic inequality wherever he saw it; and

WHEREAS, David S. Canter was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923; his father moved the family from Boston to Russia when Mr. Canter was a child; Mr. Canter returned to Boston for high school before receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and then earning his law degree from the John Marshall Law School; and

WHEREAS, While in school, Mr. Canter became involved in student politics and served as editor-in-chief of his high school and college newspapers; he later edited the Packinghouse Workers Union's Champion, Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices, and former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's Second Term newsletter, and with his swift pen, he also printed dozens of newspapers on behalf of Chicago politicians; and

WHEREAS, As a political activist, Mr. Canter marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, fighting for open-housing in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, David S. Canter served as an advisor to prominent Chicago politicians, including Harold Washington, Carol Moseley Braun, and Bobby Rush; he was known for his block-by-block command of voting patterns; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Canter served as former Mayor Washington's Deputy Streets and Sanitation Commissioner, an aide to former Governor Dan Walker, and an attorney for the Illinois Commerce Commission, and right up to his death, he served as an attorney for the Cook County Department of Human Rights; he was especially devoted to heading up a revamp of the Miriam G. Canter Middle School, named for his wife following her death in 1999, and served as a member of the Friends of Miriam G. Canter Middle School; and

WHEREAS, David S. Canter's passing will be deeply felt by many, especially his three children, Evan, Marc, and Anna Pincus, and his nine grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Miriam; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of David S. Canter along with all who knew and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of David S. Canter as an expression of our deepest sympathy.