Full Text of HJR0070 94th General Assembly
HJ0070 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dick Mulcahey was born in Rockford, Illinois in | 3 |
| 1935 and is the son of the late Robert Mulcahey and Marcella | 4 |
| Richardson-Mulcahey and is a life long resident of Northwest | 5 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1954 to 1956, Mr. Mulcahey proudly served | 7 |
| this country in Korea as a member of the United States Marines; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mulcahey had a positive and profound influence | 10 |
| in the lives of many students as both a teacher and a coach in | 11 |
| the Galena and Durand school systems; and
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| WHEREAS, Beginning in 1974, Dick Mulcahey was elected to | 13 |
| the Illinois House of Representatives representing the | 14 |
| citizens of Northwest Illinois for 18 years and serving with | 15 |
| distinction as Chairman of the House Elementary and Secondary | 16 |
| Education Committee as a strong advocate for education in this | 17 |
| State; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mulcahey has had the distinction of receiving | 19 |
| an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Education from Northwestern | 20 |
| University in 1985; he received the Distinguished Alumni Award | 21 |
| for his professional achievements from the University of | 22 |
| Wisconsin at Platteville in 1990; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1995, he was ordained a deacon in the Catholic | 24 |
| Church and serves both the parishioners of St. Mary's-St. | 25 |
| Patrick's Church and the community in the Durand area; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick Mulcahey has been married to Anna Mae | 27 |
| Mulcahey for 48 years; they are the parents of 6 children and | 28 |
| the grandparents of 15 grandchildren and 7 step-grandchildren; | 29 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mulcahey has been an advocate for the economic | 2 |
| development and growth of tourism in Northwest Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick Mulcahey worked tirelessly to secure the | 4 |
| funding for the land acquisition and construction of the US 20 | 5 |
| bypass around Freeport, Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 8 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the US 20 Freeport bypass be | 9 |
| designated the Dick Mulcahey Highway; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 11 |
| is requested to
erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 12 |
| State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 13 |
| giving notice of the name; and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Dick Mulcahey, to the Secretary of the U.S. | 16 |
| Department of Transportation,
to the Secretary of the Illinois | 17 |
| Department of Transportation, and to the mayor of Freeport.
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