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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express
3 their sincere condolences to the family and friends of
4 Charlotte T. Reid of Aurora, who passed away on January 25,
5 2007; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was born in Kankakee on September
7 27, 1913; her parents were Edward and Ethel (Stith) Thompson;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid attended the Aurora public
10 schools, and spent two years at Illinois College in
11 Jacksonville; she received honorary degrees from John Marshall
12 Law School in Chicago, Illinois College, and Aurora University;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid studied voice in Chicago under
15 Louise Gilbert and was a featured vocalist on the NBC radio
16 show, Don McNeil's Breakfast Club, singing under her
17 professional name, Annette King; she also sang on Club Matinee
18 and Sunday Dinner at Aunt Fannie's, both NBC radio shows; and
 
19     WHEREAS, After the death of her husband, Frank Reid in
20 1962, Charlotte Reid was chosen to replace him on the ballot as
21 the nominee for the 15th Congressional District Representative

 

 

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1 seat; she won the seat and was re-elected four times; while in
2 Congress she served on the Appropriations Committee, Interior
3 and Insular Affairs Committee, Public Works Committee, House
4 Republican Policy Committee, and the Standards of Office and
5 Conduct Committee; in 1964 she addressed the Republican
6 National Convention in San Francisco and in 1968 addressed the
7 Convention in Miami; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was a friend to President Kennedy,
9 President Johnson, and President Nixon; she served in Congress
10 with future President Gerald Ford and also remained friends
11 with him throughout the years; and
 
12     WHEREAS, During her fifth term in Washington, Charlotte
13 Reid was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission
14 (F.C.C.) by then President Nixon; she served as the
15 commissioner of defense and was placed in charge of following
16 developments in the field of emergency preparedness and defense
17 mobilization; she served with the F.C.C. until 1976; after
18 leaving the F.C.C. she was elected to several boards of
19 directors, including Motorola and Mid-Atlantic Bank in New
20 Jersey; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger
22 appointed Charlotte Reid to serve on the Board of Defense
23 Advisory Committee on Women in the Services in 1982; President

 

 

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1 Ronald Reagan appointed her to serve on the Presidential Task
2 Force on International Private Enterprise; and she served on
3 the Board of Governors of the Hoover Institution at Stanford
4 University; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid enjoyed music, golf, and politics;
6 she played golf for many years and loved watching golf
7 tournaments; she would watch television programs that dealt
8 with local, national, and international issues, and enjoyed old
9 musicals; and she spent summers at her home in Flint, Michigan;
10 and
 
11     WHEREAS, She was helped the last few years in Aurora by her
12 dear neighbors, Perline Hayden and Beth Grant; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was preceded in death by her
14 husband, Frank Reid, and her son, Edward T. Reid; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid is survived by her daughters, State
16 Representative Patricia (George) Reid Lindner and Susan (Todd)
17 Lewis; her son, Frank Reid; her grandchildren, Tom (Stacy)
18 Reid, Mike (Pepi) Linder, Jon (Karen) Lindner, Brooks
19 (Blueberry) Lindner, Courtney (Leather) Lindner Storrs, Frank
20 Reid, Stacy (Bill) Reid Tsozrapos, and Jonathon Lewis; and her
21 thirteen great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we extend condolences
3 to the family and friends of Charlotte Reid at this time of
4 loss; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Charlotte Reid as a symbol of our
7 sympathy and respect.