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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 Jim | ||||||
4 | Drozdz of Hamilton, who passed away on December 29, 2013; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was born on January 23, 1960 in Chicago | ||||||
6 | to James A. Drozdz and Joan M. (nee Moore) Brown; he graduated | ||||||
7 | from Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights and received | ||||||
8 | his bachelor's degree in Law Enforcement in 1981 from Western | ||||||
9 | Illinois University; he married Barbara Goodin on June 2, 1984 | ||||||
10 | at St. Paul Church in Macomb; he received his master's degree | ||||||
11 | from Western Illinois University in 1990, where he was a member | ||||||
12 | of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and his Juris Doctor in | ||||||
13 | 1992 from the Southern Illinois University School of Law and | ||||||
14 | was admitted to practice before the Illinois courts; in 1999, | ||||||
15 | he was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme | ||||||
16 | Court, and in 2004 he received his Ph.D. in Higher Education | ||||||
17 | Administration from the University of Iowa, where he was a | ||||||
18 | member of the Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz served with the Illinois State Police | ||||||
20 | from 1984 until 2004, when he was elected the State's Attorney | ||||||
21 | for Hancock County; he was re-elected in 2008 and 2012; during | ||||||
22 | his time with the Illinois State Police he served in many | ||||||
23 | capacities, including as Executive Officer of the Division of |
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1 | Internal Investigation in Springfield, as the Henderson County | ||||||
2 | Assistant State's Attorney, as an Adjunct Professor in the Law | ||||||
3 | Enforcement and Justice Administration Department at Western | ||||||
4 | Illinois University, as a Patrol Sergeant for District 14 in | ||||||
5 | Macomb, and as a Research Fellow with the International | ||||||
6 | Association of Chiefs of Police in Alexandria, Virginia; he | ||||||
7 | also served as Special Assistant to the Illinois Attorney | ||||||
8 | General and was a Legal Advisor to the Illinois State Police in | ||||||
9 | the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; he was a member of the | ||||||
10 | National District Attorneys' Association and the Hancock | ||||||
11 | County Bar Association; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was an active community member, serving | ||||||
13 | as a paramedic for the Hancock County Ambulance Service and as | ||||||
14 | a firefighter for the Hamilton Fire Department; he was a member | ||||||
15 | and past President of the Carthage Kiwanis Club and former | ||||||
16 | member of the Carthage Lions Club; he was on the Hancock County | ||||||
17 | Republican Precinct Committee and was an active member of the | ||||||
18 | Knights of Columbus and the Immaculate Conception Catholic | ||||||
19 | Church in Carthage, where he served on the Parish Council; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz enjoyed playing the bagpipes for area | ||||||
21 | events and funerals; he liked body building, fitness training, | ||||||
22 | traveling, semi-truck driving, and teaching Criminal Law, | ||||||
23 | Criminal Procedure, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency | ||||||
24 | Medical Technician classes; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz is survived by his wife, Barbara; his | ||||||
2 | father, James Drozdz; his mother and step-father, Joan and | ||||||
3 | Gordon Brown; and his sister, Debra Reule; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
6 | we mourn the passing of Jim Drozdz, and extend our sincere | ||||||
7 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
8 | him; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the family of Jim Drozdz as an expression of our | ||||||
11 | deepest sympathy.
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