Full Text of SR0649 100th 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 Robert Steele of North Lawndale, who | 4 | | passed away on June 19, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was the son of former Cook County | 6 | | Commissioner and Board President Bobbie Steele; he graduated | 7 | | from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was commissioner of Cook County's | 9 | | 2nd District and worked on committees such as construction, | 10 | | contract compliance, human relations, and rules and | 11 | | administration; he was appointed to take the seat of his mother | 12 | | Bobbie Steele after her retirement in 2006; he went on to win | 13 | | the election in 2010 and the re-election in 2014; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was previously a Chicago Park | 15 | | district administrator and was heavily involved in | 16 | | community-based efforts in his native west side; he was | 17 | | president pro tempore of the county board, a forest preserve | 18 | | district board member, and chairman of the environmental | 19 | | control and contract compliance committees; he also served on | 20 | | the boards of Mount Sinai Hospital and the Gift of Hope; he was | 21 | | a trustee of Frazier Preparatory Academy and president of the | 22 | | National Association of Black County Officials from 2008 to |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was a lifelong Chicagoan and cared | 3 | | deeply about the North Lawndale community; he was a tireless | 4 | | advocate for organ donation after receiving a kidney transplant | 5 | | from his sister; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Steele was affectionately called the Man of | 7 | | Steele and had the biggest heart for people; he loved working | 8 | | in the trenches alongside community organizations, churches, | 9 | | schools, at-risk youth, and senior citizens; he developed great | 10 | | alliances with these groups by working to bring empowerment | 11 | | zones to the City of Chicago and most recently had been focused | 12 | | on addressing safety and restorative justice in his service | 13 | | areas; he was a devoted public servant and will be deeply | 14 | | missed by the communities he served, his family, and his | 15 | | children; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Robert Steele, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Robert Steele as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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