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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to memorialize the death of
our friend and | ||||||
| 4 | former colleague, Redd F. Griffin of Oak Park, who passed away | ||||||
| 5 | on November 20, 2012; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was born and raised in Oak Park; he | ||||||
| 7 | earned a Bachelor of Arts from Shimer College; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was a former reporter for the City | ||||||
| 9 | News Bureau of Chicago and served on the production staff of | ||||||
| 10 | WTTW 11; throughout his life, he helped to promote the | ||||||
| 11 | understanding and appreciation of cultural history and | ||||||
| 12 | communications through courses, lectures, readers theater, | ||||||
| 13 | audiovisual and print media, exhibits, and the Internet; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin served as a professor at Triton | ||||||
| 15 | College and Hines VA Hospital; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was a founding member of the Ernest | ||||||
| 17 | Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park; he served as the Foundation's | ||||||
| 18 | ambassador to the Chicago area, speaking at libraries, | ||||||
| 19 | fellowship groups, and meetings across the suburbs; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin served the people as the State | ||||||
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| 1 | Representative of the 21st District during the 82nd General | ||||||
| 2 | Assembly; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was a member of the boards and | ||||||
| 4 | advisory boards with various organizations, including WTTW 11, | ||||||
| 5 | the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, the International | ||||||
| 6 | Press Club of Chicago, and the Illinois State Historical | ||||||
| 7 | Society; he also served on the board of his alma mater, Shimer | ||||||
| 8 | College; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Redd Griffin was the beloved husband of Mary Jo; | ||||||
| 10 | the loving father of Daniel (Sarah) and Timothy Griffin; the | ||||||
| 11 | cherished grandfather of James and Reid Griffin; and the dear | ||||||
| 12 | brother of Michael C. Griffin and Marnie (Joseph) Fretty; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | remember, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Redd F. Griffin; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Michael C. Griffin, the brother of Redd Griffin, | ||||||
| 20 | as an expression of our sympathy.
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