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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Judge Charles Edward Ruth |
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| of Hinsdale on Sunday, April 9, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born and raised in Hinsdale and was the |
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| grandson of the late Linus C. Ruth, who also served as a judge |
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| in DuPage County, in the early 1900s; Charles Edward Ruth was |
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| taught to read and write at an early age by his grandmother, |
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| the late Ella Ruth, who was one of the first librarians at the |
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| Hinsdale Public Library; in his youth, he enjoyed reading books |
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| on history, archeology, Greek mythology, and geology; and
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| WHEREAS, He received a bachelor's degree from the |
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| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and then valiantly |
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| served his country as a member of the U.S. Army in Korea during |
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| the Korean War; after his discharge, he returned to Chicago and |
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| took history courses at the University of Chicago; he worked at |
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| various jobs before becoming an insurance adjuster with |
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| Allstate Insurance; and
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| WHEREAS, During that time, he also took night classes at |
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| John Marshall Law School, eventually receiving his law degree; |
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| he then worked for the DuPage County state's attorney's office, |
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| where during the 1970s he helped "break in" many younger |
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| attorneys, including former Illinois Attorney General Jim |
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| Ryan; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Ruth was appointed an associate judge in the |
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| early 1980s, serving in the 18th Judicial Circuit in Wheaton, |
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| until his retirement in 1994; during his years on the bench, he |
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| was known to run a "tight ship" in the courtroom; he had the |
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| utmost respect for the law and expected those in his courtroom |
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| to be punctual and prepared; and
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