Full Text of SR1408 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 LeArthur "Lee" Dunlap of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on August 6, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lee Dunlap was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to | 6 | | Mattie Fowler and Othur Dunlap on March 28, 1923; he graduated | 7 | | from DuSable High School in June 1941, where he served in the | 8 | | ROTC for three years; he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July | 9 | | 1942, where he was one of the first 277 African American | 10 | | sailors allowed to join the Navy after the attack on Pearl | 11 | | Harbor; he studied to become an Electrician Mate "A" in | 12 | | Hampton, Virginia and was selected as the "honor man" of his | 13 | | class; he was subsequently promoted to Electrician Mate 3 and | 14 | | was assigned to a minesweeper in Cape May, New Jersey, where he | 15 | | successfully advocated for fair treatment of the African | 16 | | American sailors with whom he served; he was honorably | 17 | | discharged in January 1946; he earned his B.A. in Political | 18 | | Science and a minor in Public Administration from Roosevelt | 19 | | University in January 1949 yet struggled to obtain employment | 20 | | in his chosen field; moving to France to escape racism, he | 21 | | earned a diploma from the University of Paris, also known as | 22 | | the Sorbonne; he loved to play guitar and supported himself by | 23 | | playing in jazz clubs in Chicago and in Paris; he married | 24 | | Hildegard Krings, and she preceded him in death in 2005; he |
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| 1 | | later married Debra Swanigan; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, While in Europe, Lee Dunlap joined the U.S. State | 3 | | Department and was sent to school to learn German; he later | 4 | | returned to Chicago with his family; he joined the U.S. Army | 5 | | Reserve in 1962, where he served for more than 25 years; he had | 6 | | a very distinguished government career working with several | 7 | | agencies in intelligence and international security, including | 8 | | the IRS, the ATF, the FBI, and the FAA; he was a part of the | 9 | | group that launched the international sky marshal program for | 10 | | the FAA; he became the FAA security ambassador to Africa; | 11 | | fluent in French, he frequently traveled to the Ivory Coast, | 12 | | Senegal, Gabon, and Benin; for most of his career, he was often | 13 | | the only African American and worked to blaze the trail for | 14 | | others; he became an expert in terrorism and traveled the world | 15 | | training airport security on how to handle bombs; he received | 16 | | many honors and commendations during his career; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lee Dunlap started his second career as a teacher | 18 | | and administrator at Malcolm X College and the Westside | 19 | | Learning Center in Chicago, where he was considered an integral | 20 | | member of the staff and was loved by all; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Lee Dunlap served as the president of the WWII | 22 | | Black Navy Veterans of Lake County; he will be remembered for | 23 | | his intelligence, his ambition, his leadership qualities, and |
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| 1 | | his insatiable thirst for knowledge; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lee Dunlap was preceded in death by his siblings, | 3 | | Leroy Dunlap, Otis Dunlap, Vera Lisenby, Queen Dunlap-Fowler, | 4 | | Ed Smith, Judy Smith, Shirley Smith, Paula Jean Dunlap, Joyce | 5 | | Dunlap, and Bernie Dunlap; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lee Dunlap is survived by his wife, Debra Dunlap; | 7 | | his daughters, Karin Banks and Heide Groomes; his son-in-law, | 8 | | Oscar Groomes; his stepsons, James Arthur and Alfonso Swanigan; | 9 | | his grandchildren, William Johnson (Cassandra), Shahn Auronas | 10 | | (Nancy), Garrett Evans, Akilah Gillette, Shakira Johnson, | 11 | | Brianna Banks, Jasmine Swanigan, Tevin Jones, Victory | 12 | | Swanigan, James Swanigan, Joy Swanigan, Jeremiah Swanigan, | 13 | | Jason Groomes (Brianna), Patrice Groomes, and Andrew Groomes; | 14 | | his great-grandchildren, Jade Wilkins, Karinah Wilkins, Laila | 15 | | Toby, Aliya Strickland, Adrianna Gillette, Xavier Gillette, | 16 | | Deondray Brown, JaMylah Brown, Isabella Watkins, DeAngelo | 17 | | Dandridge, and Maelyn Groomes; his goddaughter, Christina | 18 | | Bobbi Jackson; and his siblings, Frank Smith, Fred Dunlap | 19 | | (Frances), Carlos Dunlap (Mary), Lari Dunlap (Gail), and Don | 20 | | Fowler; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | LeArthur "Lee" Dunlap and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Lee Dunlap as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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