Full Text of HR1259 93rd General Assembly
HR1259 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives offer our sincere appreciation to Richard R. | 4 |
| Ballinger for his many years of service as Coroner of DuPage | 5 |
| County; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ballinger has been a DuPage County resident | 7 |
| for over 38 years, and currently lives in Glendale Heights with | 8 |
| his wife Sandy; and
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| WHEREAS, The Ballingers have raised three beautiful | 10 |
| daughters: Heather Frazier, husband Les, with two boys, Ethan | 11 |
| and Trevor; Laurel Belcher, husband Charley, with daughter, | 12 |
| Lindsey Rose; and Holly Ballinger; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ballinger began his career in law enforcement | 14 |
| in 1970 as a patrolman with the DuPage County Sheriff's office | 15 |
| before becoming an evidence technician working in the sheriff's | 16 |
| crime lab; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1973, he was hired as the first full-time Chief | 18 |
| Deputy Coroner of DuPage County working with Coroner Robert | 19 |
| Matthews until 1987, when he was appointed Coroner to fulfill | 20 |
| Robert Matthews' term; and
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| WHEREAS, He was subsequently elected to the position of | 22 |
| Coroner in November of 1988, and re-elected in 1992, 1996, and | 23 |
| 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, He has committed over 30 years of his life to law | 25 |
| enforcement and death investigation, during which he has | 26 |
| personally handled over 10,000 death investigations, presided | 27 |
| over 3,000 inquest hearings, and participated in over 270 | 28 |
| homicide investigation; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of countless professional | 2 |
| organizations; he is a member of the Illinois State Crime | 3 |
| Commission Board of Directors, a member of the Board of | 4 |
| Directors of Safe Wheels of America, a member of the Board of | 5 |
| the International Association of Coroners and Medical | 6 |
| Examiners, a member of the Advisory Board of Family Services of | 7 |
| DuPage County, chairman of MacCormac College Board of Trustees, | 8 |
| and a member of the State of Illinois Child Death Review Team, | 9 |
| as well as many others; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been the recipient of numerous awards for | 11 |
| the leadership he has shown, including the Illinois State Crime | 12 |
| Commission General Excellence Award for 2000 and the | 13 |
| Outstanding Young Man of America for 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, He bravely served his country in the United States | 15 |
| Army and is a Vietnam Veteran; and
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| WHEREAS, The residents of DuPage County are lucky to have | 17 |
| had such a strong leader, expert, and advocate as Coroner; and
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| WHEREAS, We recognize his service to DuPage Country and | 19 |
| salute his work in death investigations; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| do hereby offer our congratulations to Richard R. Ballinger on | 23 |
| his retirement and express our gratitude for his many years of | 24 |
| public service; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to Mr. Ballinger.
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