Full Text of SR1413 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Jesse D. Madison of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on August 8, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was born on January 1, 1939 in | 6 | | Memphis, Tennessee; he graduated from Manassas High School in | 7 | | 1956 and moved to Chicago where he attended
Wilson Junior | 8 | | College and Roosevelt University; he received his Bachelor of | 9 | | Science in Business
Administration, with a major in Accounting, | 10 | | in 1969; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison had a career in accounting and | 12 | | management which spanned 15 years; he was serving as Deputy
| 13 | | Director of the Chicago Economic Development Corporation when | 14 | | he launched a career in politics when he was elected to the | 15 | | Illinois General Assembly as a State Representative in 1974; he | 16 | | served 2 terms in the State
legislature, and received the 1976 | 17 | | "Best Legislator" Award from the Independent Voters of | 18 | | Illinois; he returned
to his management career in 1978, first | 19 | | as Executive Director of United Christian Community Services, | 20 | | and then
as Vice-President of Finance and Administration for | 21 | | the Chicago Urban League; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was appointed by Chicago Mayor |
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| 1 | | Harold Washington as his first Commissioner of Consumer | 2 | | Services for the City of Chicago; 3 years later,
Mayor | 3 | | Washington tapped him as the first African-American ever | 4 | | appointed to the position of General
Superintendent and Chief | 5 | | Executive Officer of the Chicago Park District; he was | 6 | | successful
in guiding the Chicago Park District through a | 7 | | massive reorganization designed to professionalize a | 8 | | department long mired in patronage abuse, service neglect, and | 9 | | political corruption; he served as the Park
District's Chief | 10 | | Executive Officer until May of 1990; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was a Board Member of the Illinois | 12 | | Prisoner Review Board since 2004; previously, he was a
Special | 13 | | Assistant to State Senator Emil Jones, Jr., then-President of | 14 | | the Illinois Senate; before that he was the
President and Chief | 15 | | Executive Officer of the Abraham Lincoln Centre, a | 16 | | multi-faceted social service organization
that operated | 17 | | primarily on the south side of Chicago; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison's community activities spanned over | 19 | | 40 years, and included memberships in the Executive Club of
| 20 | | Chicago, the Black Executive Directors' Coalition, the | 21 | | Illinois Child Welfare Advisory Council, and City Club of
| 22 | | Chicago; he also served as a commissioner and Chairman of the | 23 | | Board of the Illinois African-American Family
Commission for | 24 | | over 10 years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Walter Madison, Sr., and 2 brothers, | 3 | | Earnest and Walter, Jr.; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison is survived by his wife of 54 years, | 5 | | Frances; 2 daughters,
Shanlynn Broaders (Woodrow) and Tracey | 6 | | Sanders (Darren); 2 granddaughters, Brittany Broaders and Bria
| 7 | | Broaders; one grandson, Jalen Sanders; and his siblings, Eugene | 8 | | Madison (Ethel), Elsie
Newton, and Edna Wiggins (Barry); | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Jesse D. Madison, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Jesse Madison as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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