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92_HR0840
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are honored to recognize milestone
4 achievements in the lives of the citizens of the State of
5 Illinois; and
6 WHEREAS, Robert D. Stuart, Jr., served as Ambassador to
7 Norway from 1984 through 1989 and served on the 1991 and 1993
8 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commissions; he was also
9 a member of the Board of the National Commission on the
10 Public Service (Volcker) Commission and was Vice Chairman of
11 the Illinois Commission on the Future of Public Service; and
12 WHEREAS, Ambassador Stuart previously served with the
13 Quaker Oats Company for 38 years, including 15 years as Chief
14 Executive Officer; he served on the boards of directors of
15 the First National Bank of Chicago, United Airlines, Inc.,
16 Deere & Company, and Molson Companies, Ltd., Canada; he is a
17 graduate member of the Business Council; and
18 WHEREAS, Ambassador Stuart is currently Senior Partner of
19 Conway Farms, a real estate development company; he is also
20 Co-Chairman of the Council of American Ambassadors, and
21 immediate past-Chairman of the Midwest Regional Advisory
22 Board of the Institute of International Education; in
23 addition, he is a director of the Atlantic Council, the
24 Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, the Center
25 for Media and Public Affairs, the Center for Strategic and
26 International Studies, the American Institute for Public
27 Services, and as a trustee emeritus of Princeton University;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, Ambassador Stuart received his bachelor's degree
30 from Princeton University in 1937; after service in the
31 United States Army in Europe during World War II, he attended
32 Yale Law School where he received his Juris Doctor in 1946;
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1 he was married to the late Barbara Edwards for 55 years and
2 has four children and eight grandchildren; in October 1995,
3 he married Lillan Lovenskiold of Oslo, Norway; and
4 WHEREAS, On April 26, 2002, the supporters of the Lake
5 County Republican Federation will honor Ambassador Robert D.
6 Stuart, Jr., as its co-founder of the organization 40 years
7 ago at the 40th Anniversary Spring Dinner and Dance;
8 therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11 we honor Ambassador Robert D. Stuart, Jr., for his
12 distinguished career and his dedication and contribution as
13 co-founder of the Lake County Republican Federation; and be
14 it further
15 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Ambassador Robert D. Stuart, Jr., as an
17 expression of our esteem.