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