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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 former | ||||||
4 | State Representative Eugene "Gene" Schlickman, who passed away | ||||||
5 | at the age of 84 on January 23, 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was born on December | ||||||
7 | 17, 1929 in Dubuque, Iowa to Leander and Helen (nee Juergens) | ||||||
8 | Schlickman; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was raised in Rockford | ||||||
10 | and worked part-time for his father's Tydee Dydee Diaper | ||||||
11 | Service; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was a graduate of Loras | ||||||
13 | College in Dubuque, Iowa and the Georgetown University Law | ||||||
14 | Center in Washington, D.C.; and | ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was a partner in the | ||||||
16 | Arlington Heights law firm of Burfeind and Schlickman; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman served for 4 years as | ||||||
18 | the Republican Committeeman from Wheeling Township; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was first elected to |
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1 | the Illinois House of Representatives in the famous "bedsheet | ||||||
2 | ballot" election of 1964 and he served with distinction until | ||||||
3 | 1981; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, During his years in the legislature, | ||||||
5 | Representative Schlickman led a number of significant | ||||||
6 | legislative initiatives including prison reform, regional | ||||||
7 | planning and land use, aid to parochial schools, aid to higher | ||||||
8 | education and public mass transit, and assistance for people | ||||||
9 | with disabilities; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman received Outstanding | ||||||
11 | Legislator awards from the John Howard Association, Rutgers | ||||||
12 | University, groups supporting independent higher education, | ||||||
13 | and the Suburban Township Association for the Disabled; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Today newspaper editorialized his | ||||||
15 | stance in support of the newly-created Regional Transportation | ||||||
16 | Agency "ranks as a profile in courage...and makes us wish there | ||||||
17 | were more people like Schlickman in Springfield"; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman lost only one election | ||||||
19 | in his life and that was the race for the Republican nomination | ||||||
20 | for Congress in 1969, a race which had 8 candidates vying for | ||||||
21 | the nomination to replace Donald Rumfeld; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was a voracious reader | ||||||
2 | and history buff who greeted first-time visitors to his home | ||||||
3 | with the gift of free rein of his floor-to-ceiling library | ||||||
4 | where friends could sift through his prized collection of books | ||||||
5 | and keep any book they wanted from the shelves; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, After Representative Schlickman's retirement from | ||||||
7 | public office, he continued to practice law at an Arlington | ||||||
8 | Heights firm and co-authored "Kerner: The Conflict of | ||||||
9 | Intangible Rights", a well-received and acclaimed biography on | ||||||
10 | former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, and he co-authored the | ||||||
11 | first biography on Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was preceded in death | ||||||
13 | by his parents, Leander and Helen (Juergens) Schlickman and his | ||||||
14 | brother, John Schlickman; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman is survived by his | ||||||
16 | wife, Sherry (nee O'Connor); his 4 children; his 7 | ||||||
17 | step-children; his 14 grandchildren; and his 7 | ||||||
18 | great-grandchildren; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was admired by his | ||||||
20 | family and viewed by many of his fellow legislators from both | ||||||
21 | parties as an independent person of integrity and | ||||||
22 | statesmanship; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Schlickman was a dedicated | ||||||
2 | community servant who worked tirelessly on behalf of the people | ||||||
3 | of Arlington Heights and of Illinois's 3rd and 4th House | ||||||
4 | Districts; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we mourn the passing of Representative Eugene "Gene" | ||||||
8 | Schlickman, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
9 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
10 | further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the family of Representative Schlickman as an | ||||||
13 | expression of our deepest sympathy and most sincere | ||||||
14 | appreciation of his service to the State of Illinois and his | ||||||
15 | dedication to the constituents of the House Districts he | ||||||
16 | represented.
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