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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate our friend and former | ||||||
4 | colleague, John Thomas Doody, Jr., on the occasion of his | ||||||
5 | retirement as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge after many | ||||||
6 | years of service; and
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7 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. was born on January 15, 1945, in | ||||||
8 | Evergreen Park, and moved to Homewood shortly thereafter; he | ||||||
9 | graduated from Mendel Catholic High School in 1962 and earned | ||||||
10 | his bachelor's degree from Procopius College (now Benedictine | ||||||
11 | University) in 1966; he pursued his graduate degree studies in | ||||||
12 | political science at Illinois State University from 1966 to | ||||||
13 | 1968 and at John Marshall Law School in 1974 and worked on his | ||||||
14 | post-graduate program in political justice studies at | ||||||
15 | Governors State University from 1998 to 2002; and
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16 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. and his wife, Janet, are from | ||||||
17 | Homewood; they are the parents of Maureen and John and the | ||||||
18 | grandparents of 2 boys and 2 girls; and
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19 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. was a practicing attorney from | ||||||
20 | 1974 to 2002, giving free legal advice for many years to senior | ||||||
21 | citizens through a program at the Irwin Center in Homewood; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. has served with distinction in all | ||||||
2 | three branches of government, having been elected to serve in | ||||||
3 | his village as president, as well as his township and the | ||||||
4 | Illinois General Assembly; he has also served his community | ||||||
5 | through his church (Auxiliary Minister of Communion and | ||||||
6 | Minister of Care at his parish church, St. Joseph's), civic and | ||||||
7 | advocacy groups, veterans' organizations, and youth groups; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. served as a Bloom Township Trustee | ||||||
10 | (1981-1983), a member of the Village of Homewood Plan | ||||||
11 | Commission (1979-1981), a Village of Homewood Trustee | ||||||
12 | (1983-1991), the President of the Village of Homewood | ||||||
13 | (1991-1995), State Representative of the Illinois 37th | ||||||
14 | District (1995-1997), and Trustee of the Homewood Public | ||||||
15 | Library District (1997-2002); and
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16 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. has served as a board member of | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Judges Association and a Board Member of the John | ||||||
18 | Marshall Law School Alumni Association; he has been a speaker | ||||||
19 | or panelist at numerous DUI seminars (2004-2006) and has been a | ||||||
20 | faculty member to train judges through the Administrative | ||||||
21 | Office of the Illinois Courts; he also co-edited the Chicago | ||||||
22 | Traffic Center Bench Book for Judges; and | ||||||
23 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. volunteered to serve his country |
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1 | in the United States Army and is a Vietnam veteran (1968-1970); | ||||||
2 | he has also been active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the | ||||||
3 | Homewood Wally Burns Post 8077 as a Past Commander, Past Senior | ||||||
4 | Vice Commander, Junior Vice Commander, Adjutant, Judge | ||||||
5 | Advocate, the 16th District VFW Past Commander, and Past Judge | ||||||
6 | Advocate of the State of Illinois VFW; and
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7 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. has been active in both Homewood | ||||||
8 | baseball and softball as a sponsor, an umpire, and assistant | ||||||
9 | coach, as well as an assistant basketball coach for both boys | ||||||
10 | and girls; he served as director of the South Cook County Girl | ||||||
11 | Scouts Council; he has served in various leadership positions | ||||||
12 | of the Rotary Club of Homewood; he was also a former director | ||||||
13 | of the South Region Visual Arts Guild, a past Chair of the | ||||||
14 | Board of Trustees of Seton Academy, a past Director of the | ||||||
15 | Mercy Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, and a member of | ||||||
16 | the Marian Council #3761 Knights of Columbus in Homewood; and
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17 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. has additionally served his | ||||||
18 | community through his good work with Happiday Centers (South | ||||||
19 | Star Services), Haymarket House, Homewood Chamber of Commerce, | ||||||
20 | Abby Foundation, Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters, | ||||||
21 | Crisis Center for South Suburbia, Homewood-Flossmoor-Glenwood | ||||||
22 | Jaycees, and the Homewood Historical Society; and | ||||||
23 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. was inaugurated to the Village of |
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1 | Homewood Hall of Fame in 2007; he has also been honored with | ||||||
2 | awards from many organizations, including the Dianne G. Masters | ||||||
3 | Award from the Crisis Center for South Suburbia, the Homewood | ||||||
4 | Police Department Appreciation Award, the Homewood-Flossmoor | ||||||
5 | Lion's Club Distinguished Service Award, the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Benedictine College (Benedictine University) Bronze Award, and | ||||||
7 | awards from the Illinois and Northeast Region Jaycees; and
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8 | WHEREAS, John Doody, Jr. served as a Cook County Circuit | ||||||
9 | Court Judge from 2002 until his retirement this year; he served | ||||||
10 | with distinction in both traffic court and criminal court; and | ||||||
11 | WHEREAS, In an effort to better serve the public, John | ||||||
12 | Doody, Jr. produced educational cable television programs on | ||||||
13 | traffic law violations and their consequences; he also learned | ||||||
14 | Spanish to communicate with people who came before him without | ||||||
15 | needing an interpreter; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
17 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
18 | we congratulate our former colleague, John Thomas Doody, Jr., | ||||||
19 | on the occasion of his retirement from the bench, and wish him | ||||||
20 | many more years of health, happiness, and good service to his | ||||||
21 | community; and be it further
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22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to John Doody, Jr. as an expression of our deepest | ||||||
2 | gratitude for his many years of public service.
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