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92_HR1071

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are proud to congratulate Andrew F. "Rookie"
 4    Brown of Chicago, who is retiring after  forty-two  years  of
 5    public service employment; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Brown  will  finish his career as District
 7    Manager of the Department of Human Services in  the  City  of
 8    Chicago  at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service
 9    Center; and

10        WHEREAS, Mr. Brown opened the  Dr.  King  Center  as  the
11    first  Community  Administrator  in  1975;  he also served as
12    Community Administrator/District  Manager  at  the  Woodlawn,
13    Mid-South, Englewood, and Garfield Centers; and

14        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Brown began his public service career as a
15    teacher with the Chicago Public Schools;  from  teaching,  he
16    went  to  Youth  Welfare,  the  Chicago  Committee  on  Urban
17    Opportunity, Model Cities, and lastly the Department of Human
18    Services; and

19        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Brown  is married and is the father of two
20    adult children; he is also the grandfather  of  one  recently
21    born grandson; and

22        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Brown graduated from Knoxville College; he
23    is  an  avid  sportsman  and  played  college  and   semi-pro
24    basketball;  his  nickname, "Rookie", was given to him during
25    his high school years; therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
27    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we  congratulate  Andrew  F. "Rookie" Brown on his retirement
29    and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be  it
30    further
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 2    presented to Andrew F. Brown as an expression of our esteem.

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