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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to honor the life of former State | ||||||
4 | Representative Frederick Harris Rowe of Jacksonville, who | ||||||
5 | passed away at the age of 89 on September 8, 2013, ending an | ||||||
6 | exceptional life of community and political service; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Harris Rowe was born on November 10, 1923 in | ||||||
8 | Jacksonville; he was educated in the Jacksonville school system | ||||||
9 | and graduated from Jacksonville High School with the Class of | ||||||
10 | 1941; he subsequently earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from | ||||||
11 | Illinois College in Jacksonville; and
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12 | WHEREAS, During World War II, Harris Rowe served in the | ||||||
13 | United States Army Air Corps and served in the South Pacific | ||||||
14 | Theater; he later earned his Juris Doctorate from Northwestern | ||||||
15 | University Law School; and
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16 | WHEREAS, After receiving his law degree in 1950, Harris | ||||||
17 | Rowe joined his father in the administration of Central | ||||||
18 | National Life Insurance Company, where he served as secretary | ||||||
19 | and treasurer; he later served as president and CEO after the | ||||||
20 | death of his father; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Harris Rowe married the love of his life, Alice |
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1 | Mary Crabtree, on December 22, 1954 in Jacksonville; and
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2 | WHEREAS, In addition to his successful career as a | ||||||
3 | businessman, Harris Rowe held many leadership positions within | ||||||
4 | his community, including chairman of the Board of Trustees of | ||||||
5 | MacMurray College, chairman of the Board of Trustees of | ||||||
6 | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, director of the | ||||||
7 | Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, president of the | ||||||
8 | Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, president of the | ||||||
9 | Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Morgan County, | ||||||
10 | Illinois, and American Bar Associations; and
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11 | WHEREAS, When Harris Rowe was in junior high, he contracted | ||||||
12 | polio; as a survivor, he served as chairman of the Morgan | ||||||
13 | County Chapter of the National Polio Foundation for many years; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, Harris Rowe also had a love of politics which was | ||||||
16 | instilled in him through his father, Richard Yates Rowe, who | ||||||
17 | served as State Treasurer and Secretary of State, and his | ||||||
18 | great-uncles, Illinois Governors Richard Yates and Richard | ||||||
19 | Yates Jr.; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, The political career of Harris Rowe includes 35 | ||||||
21 | years as precinct committeeman, 28 years as chairman of the | ||||||
22 | Morgan County Republican Central Committee, and 8 years as |
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1 | alderman for the City of Jacksonville; he served as State | ||||||
2 | Representative of the 49th District in the Illinois General | ||||||
3 | Assembly with the Republican Caucus for 6 years; he was also | ||||||
4 | one of 59 successful Republican candidates on the State-wide | ||||||
5 | at-large ballot in 1964 and was the Republican candidate for | ||||||
6 | State Treasurer in 1966; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Harris Rowe served as director of the Young | ||||||
8 | Republicans organization and was elected as a delegate to the | ||||||
9 | Republican National Convention twice; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Above all, Harris Rowe was a dedicated family man | ||||||
11 | who was a devoted to his wife, his 4 daughters, his 7 | ||||||
12 | grandchildren, and his 2 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
15 | we honor the life of Harris Rowe, acknowledge the passing of a | ||||||
16 | remarkable man who was committed to serving others, and offer | ||||||
17 | our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it | ||||||
18 | further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the family of Harris Rowe as an expression of our | ||||||
21 | sincere sympathy and gratitude to a man who dedicated his life | ||||||
22 | to community and political service and was an asset to the |
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1 | Republican Party.
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