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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives congratulate Chester R. Albright, a Moose
4 International staff officer since 1985, on his retirement March
5 8, 2004; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Chester R. Albright has served since June 1999 as
7 Supreme Secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose and Director of
8 Fraternal Operations for Moose International; functions under
9 his jurisdiction included Lodge operations and officer
10 training, Community Service, Family Activities, the Moose
11 Legion and Fellowship degrees, Ritual and Sports, and
12 admissions to Mooseheart and Moosehaven; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Albright was appointed when then-Director
14 General Paul J. O'Hollaren appointed him Director of Ritual and
15 Sports in 1985; over the next 13 years in that post, he guided
16 through two major revisions of the Moose Enrollment Ritual and
17 significantly expanded the fraternity's offerings of
18 International Sports tournaments; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Mr. Albright is a member of Mooseheart's Class of
20 1957; his father had also graduated from Mooseheart, in 1929;
21 Mr. Albright came to Mooseheart with his siblings in 1950
22 shortly after the death of his mother; he was enrolled into
23 Batavia Lodge 682 in 1959 and immediately became active; he was
24 elected Governor of Batavia Lodge for the first of two terms in
25 1964, winning the Governor's Diamond Merit Award in 1966; he
26 also served on the Lodge's Ritual staff from 1960 until 1985,
27 winning the International Ritual Competition with Batavia in
28 1967 and taking the individual title as Prelate that same year;
29 and
 
30     WHEREAS, Mr. Albright earned a bachelor's degree in social
31 science from Aurora University in 1962, earned his living with

 

 

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1 the trade he learned at Mooseheart, as he owned and operated a
2 barber shop in Aurora from 1971 to 1985; and
 
3     WHEREAS, He is a member of Mecca Moose Legion 9, which has
4 honored him as Past President; in 1999, the Moose Legion
5 Council honored him with a designation as Past International
6 President; he is a member of the 150 Division of the 25 Club,
7 he received the Fellowship Degree of Honor in 1965, and the
8 Pilgrim Degree of Merit in 1985; he is a past president of the
9 Mooseheart Alumni Association and a 1993 inductee into the
10 Mooseheart Sports Hall of Fame; he also served his community
11 with three terms on the City Council in his hometown of Aurora;
12 and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Albright and his wife, Judy, also a Mooseheart
14 graduate, have two children and three grandchildren;
15 therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 congratulate Chester R. Albright on his retirement from the
19 Loyal Order of the Moose after many years of dedicated service;
20 and we wish him well in all his future endeavors; and be it
21 further
 
22     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to Chester R. Albright as a token of our respect and
24 esteem.