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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives would like to honor and celebrate the life of | ||||||
| 4 | former State Representative and State Senator George Raymond | ||||||
| 5 | Hudson, known as "Ray" to his family and friends, who passed | ||||||
| 6 | away on February 10, 2012, at the age of 92; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, He was born on July 31, 1919 in Weedsport, New | ||||||
| 8 | York and was the youngest of 4 children born to George and | ||||||
| 9 | Florence Hudson; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, He attended Dennison University in Granville, | ||||||
| 11 | Ohio from 1938 to 1942, where he was president of his | ||||||
| 12 | fraternity as well as the president of the 1942 graduating | ||||||
| 13 | class; he met his wife Barbara Anderson Hudson in college and | ||||||
| 14 | they were married in 1942; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army Air Corps from | ||||||
| 16 | 1942 to 1945, where he earned the rank of Second Lieutenant and | ||||||
| 17 | later served as a tester in a psychological testing unit | ||||||
| 18 | evaluating pilots, gunners, and navigators for psychological | ||||||
| 19 | fitness; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, He graduated from the American Academy of Art in | ||||||
| 21 | Chicago with a degree in graphic arts in 1947 and later went on | ||||||
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| 1 | to produce a popular comic strip published in the Chicago | ||||||
| 2 | Tribune called "Travelin' Ted"; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In 1948, he co-founded an advertising agency, | ||||||
| 4 | later to be named the George Ray Hudson Advertising Company, | ||||||
| 5 | which he operated until 1985; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, He was an active member of the community, and | ||||||
| 7 | enjoyed his time working with the American Legion; he was | ||||||
| 8 | commander of Legion Post 250 in Hinsdale and district commander | ||||||
| 9 | of the 4th district; he was a long-time member of the | ||||||
| 10 | Toastmasters; he was one of the founding member of the Faith | ||||||
| 11 | Fellowship Church in Oak Brook, founded in 1967; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, He was a Republican precinct committee member | ||||||
| 13 | between 1968 and 1998 and helped found Taproot, a local | ||||||
| 14 | conservative political action organization in the late 1970s; | ||||||
| 15 | and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, He was first elected to the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 17 | Representatives in 1970, where he served from 1971 to 1986; he | ||||||
| 18 | was later elected to the Illinois Senate, serving from 1986 to | ||||||
| 19 | 1994; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, His work for the people of Illinois over a span of | ||||||
| 21 | 22 years earned him numerous awards for his legislative | ||||||
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| 1 | achievements from such organizations as the Heritage | ||||||
| 2 | Foundation, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Farm Bureau, and | ||||||
| 3 | Caterpillar, Inc.; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, George "Ray" Hudson will be dearly missed by his | ||||||
| 5 | children, Susan, Richard, and Robert; his 9 grandchildren; his | ||||||
| 6 | 15 great-grandchildren; his nephew, Robert; and his niece, | ||||||
| 7 | Margaret; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 9 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we honor and celebrate, along with his family, friends, and the | ||||||
| 11 | people of the State of Illinois, the life of former State | ||||||
| 12 | Representative and State Senator George "Ray" Hudson; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of George Hudson as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 16 | sincere sympathy.
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