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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of James C. Griggs, Jr. of Chicago, who
4 passed away on October 9, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born on October 24, 1930 on the near
6 westside of Chicago; he and his family moved to Maple Park in
7 1963; and
 
8     WHEREAS, His career began in 1947, when he served the Army
9 in the Illinois National Guard; he went on to become a member
10 of the Army Security Agency (ASA) with top secret clearance and
11 attained a rank of sergeant; he was honorably discharged in
12 September of 1957; he received a Bachelors of Arts from
13 Roosevelt University in 1954, a Masters of Education from
14 Illinois Teacher College in 1964, a Juris Doctorate from DePaul
15 University in 1977, and a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois
16 University, Carbondale in 1988; and
 
17     WHEREAS, In 1957, he started his career as a mental health
18 sociologist with the Illinois Department of Mental Health; in
19 1958 he became a probation officer in Chicago; he was a
20 probation officer with a caseload that was representative of
21 all ethnic backgrounds; in 1960, he went to work for the City
22 of Chicago, Commission on Youth Welfare, and the Chicago

 

 

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1 Community on Urban Opportunity; he was responsible for managing
2 a community center which provided hope to the disenfranchised;
3 and
 
4     WHEREAS, In 1968, he went to work at the University of
5 Illinois-Chicago, where he served as Director of the
6 Educational Assistance Program (EAP), designed to increase
7 minority enrollment; he was also tenured as Associate Professor
8 in Higher Education; he became president of Malcolm X College
9 in 1977 and remained there until 1987; and
 
10     WHEREAS, In 2005 he became a developer and construction
11 manager, acquiring land, building and selling a single family
12 home on the southeast side of Chicago; and
 
13     WHEREAS, James C. Griggs, Jr. is survived by his wife,
14 Alice; his son, Eric James (Billie); and his granddaughter,
15 Jessica; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
18 his family and friends, the passing of James C. Griggs, Jr.;
19 and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to the family of James C. Griggs, Jr. as a symbol of

 

 

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1 our sincere sympathy.