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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Dr. Clinton Bristow, Jr.,
4 President of Alcorn State University, on August 19, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He held a B.A., a J.D., and a Ph.D. degree from
6 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and an MBA from
7 Governors State University, University Park, Illinois; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Dr. Bristow's administrative experiences included
9 serving as president of the Chicago Board of Education and Dean
10 of the College of Business at Chicago State University; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He was named president of Alcorn State University
12 on August 24, 1995, where he remained committed to increasing
13 the percentage of minority graduate students by doubling their
14 enrollment; he increased the public's awareness of the value
15 and the contributions of land-grant universities; he
16 established a faculty research incentive program to enhance
17 research in the sciences; he established programs that focus on
18 preparing more minority students for success in the STEM
19 disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and
20 mathematics; and he led Alcorn to become a national leader in
21 the production of African-American baccalaureate graduates in
22 the life and agricultural sciences; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Dr. Bristow was active in many organizations and
24 held board memberships on the Board of Directors of the
25 National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant
26 Colleges (NASULGC), the Southern Association of Colleges and
27 Schools (SACS), the National Association for Equal Opportunity
28 in Higher Education (NAFEO), the Capital Financing Board for
29 HBCUs, and the Congressional Award Board; he was also active in
30 the Chicago Bar Association, the Chicago Youth Success
31 Foundation, and the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in

 

 

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1 Higher Education; and
 
2     WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Clinton Bristow, Jr., has been
3 deeply felt by many, especially his life partner, Lezli
4 Baskerville; his daughter, Maya Bristow; his sister, Annie
5 Peoples, and her children, Shameece and James; his brother,
6 David Bristow; his god sister, Mary E. Young; and his many
7 uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his
10 family, his friends, and the citizens of this State and this
11 great nation, we mourn the passing of Dr. Clinton Bristow, Jr.,
12 and we extend to his family our sincerest condolences; and be
13 it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
16 sympathy.