Full Text of SR0479 101st 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 Richard Thomas Dunn of Carmel, | 4 | | California, who passed away on April 24, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Dunn was born in Normal to Richard Francis | 6 | | Dunn and Clara Phoebe Huxtable on August 21, 1918; he attended | 7 | | high school in Normal and earned his bachelor of arts degree at | 8 | | the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1940; he served | 9 | | for over 30 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, | 10 | | which included over five years of extended active duty during | 11 | | World War II, another two years during the Korean War, and a | 12 | | short inspection tour in Vietnam in 1969; after World War II, | 13 | | he returned to the College of Law at the University of Illinois | 14 | | and earned a Juris Doctor; he was admitted to the practice of | 15 | | law in the State of Illinois on January 20, 1947; he was | 16 | | subsequently admitted to practice before the United States | 17 | | District, Circuit, and Supreme courts; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1963, Richard Dunn was appointed as a brigadier | 19 | | general of the line in the Illinois Army National Guard and as | 20 | | a brigadier general in the U.S. Army; he served in that | 21 | | position until his retirement in 1970; his last duty assignment | 22 | | was as commanding general, Emergency Operation Headquarters, | 23 | | Illinois Army National Guard, from March 1968 until July 4, |
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| 1 | | 1970, during which time he commanded all troops during six | 2 | | civil disturbances, which included the riots in Chicago that | 3 | | followed Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the | 4 | | demonstrations and rioting during the Democratic National | 5 | | Convention of 1968, and a disturbance at the Urbana-Champaign | 6 | | campus of the University of Illinois in March of 1970; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Following adoption of the Illinois Constitution | 8 | | of 1970, Richard Dunn was one of three lawyers appointed to | 9 | | serve on the newly created Judicial Inquiry Board; he was | 10 | | elected by the nine board members as the first permanent | 11 | | chairman of the board; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, Richard Dunn was appointed by the | 13 | | Illinois Supreme Court as a member of its Committee on | 14 | | Professional Responsibility; in 1985, he was appointed by the | 15 | | court as chairman of the committee; he continued to serve on | 16 | | the committee until December 31, 1996; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1998, the McLean County Bar Association awarded | 18 | | Richard Dunn the Lincoln Award of Excellence in recognition of | 19 | | dedicated service for the public good and the highest standards | 20 | | of legal professionalism; earlier in his career, he served as | 21 | | legal counsel of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and | 22 | | Universities; he closed his practice in December 2000; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Richard Dunn was active in community, civic, and | 2 | | church activities; he served as president of the Bloomington | 3 | | Association of Commerce and as a director and regional vice | 4 | | president of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; he | 5 | | participated in parish and diocesan lay activities, which | 6 | | included a parish program that raised over $1,100,000 for | 7 | | construction of three Catholic grade schools in | 8 | | Bloomington-Normal; he was named by the bishop of the Roman | 9 | | Catholic Diocese of Peoria as the first president of a newly | 10 | | established Diocesan Council of Catholic Men; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Richard Dunn was preceded in death by his wife of | 12 | | over 45 years, Julienne Biasi Dunn; his sister, Emily Dunn Scot | 13 | | Dale; and his brother, Robert Dunn; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Dunn is survived by his wife of over 33 | 15 | | years, Virginia B. Dunn; his son, Richard (Kathleen) Dunn; his | 16 | | daughter, Patricia (Laurence) Hundman; his son, Mark (Martha) | 17 | | Dunn; his son, David (Lisa) Dunn; his stepson, Peter B. | 18 | | (Stacey) Evans; 20 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Richard Thomas Dunn and extend our sincere condolences to his | 23 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Richard Dunn as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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