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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Richard "Dick" Lockhart formed the governmental
3 consulting and lobbying firm, Social Engineering Associates,
4 Inc., (SEA) in 1958, and that company has remained in
5 continuous operation for the last 50 years; and
 
6     WHEREAS, SEA has provided lobbying and other governmental
7 consulting services to a wide-range of non-profit interests,
8 currently representing 15 such organizations; and
 
9     WHEREAS, SEA published the nonpartisan newsletter, "THE
10 ILLINOIS POLITICAL REPORTER" for 25 years from 1961 until 1986
11 and conducted Lobbying Seminars during the 1970s and 1980s;
12 during the 1960s, SEA moderated "Metropolitan Report" on WTTW
13 Channel 11 in Chicago; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Dick Lockhart, as President of SEA, was named by
15 the Chicago Sun-Times as one of the "10 Best Lobbyists in
16 Illinois", wrote the 10,000-word article on Illinois for the
17 Encyclopedia Britannica, and served as Special Consultant to
18 the President of the Constitutional Convention in 1970; in
19 1981, he was selected as Speaker of the Illinois Third House;
20 in 2004, he was the recipient of Illinois Third House's
21 Lifetime Achievement Award; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Mr. Lockhart, now 84 years old, continues to serve
2 his clients and provide members of the Illinois General
3 Assembly with accurate information on legislative issues;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 congratulate Richard Lockhart and Social Engineering
8 Associates on 50 years of providing effective governmental
9 consulting services; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be
11 presented to Richard Lockhart, President of Social Engineering
12 Associates, Inc., as an expression of our esteem.