Full Text of HR0117 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | 4 | | Illinois State Representative Raymond Whitney Ewell, who | 5 | | passed away on October 28, 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Ewell, the second child of Whitney and | 7 | | Severine Ewell, was born in Chicago on December 29, 1928; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Ewell excelled academically as an | 9 | | adolescent, attending Corpus Christi Elementary School and | 10 | | later graduating from Englewood High School in Chicago in | 11 | | 1946; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Following high school, Rep. Ewell earned a | 13 | | Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois in 1949, a | 14 | | Master of Arts in 1951, and a Juris Doctor from the University | 15 | | of Chicago in 1954; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Ewell's commitment to service began with his | 17 | | military conscription into the U.S. Army, and after concluding | 18 | | his military career with an honorable discharge, he | 19 | | re-established himself in the legal field, practicing law for | 20 | | 53 years and becoming a partner at the law offices of Ewell, | 21 | | Graham, McCormick, Ross and Davidson; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After years of participation in the 17th Ward | 2 | | Regular Democratic Organization, Rep. Ewell was elected to the | 3 | | Illinois House of Representatives and served the 29th District | 4 | | from 1967 to 1983; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, At the height of the Civil Rights Movement in | 6 | | 1967, Rep. Ewell, along with State Representatives Harold | 7 | | Washington, Louis A. H. Caldwell, Otis Collins, Kenneth Hall, | 8 | | and Calvin L. Smith and Senators Richard H. Newhouse and | 9 | | Charles Chew Jr., founded the Illinois Legislative Black | 10 | | Caucus; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure in office, Rep. Ewell served in | 12 | | numerous leadership roles, such as chairman of the Illinois | 13 | | House Higher Education Committee, chairman of the Illinois | 14 | | Legislative Black Caucus, and chairman of the National Society | 15 | | of State Legislators; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, While in office and following his retirement from | 17 | | the Illinois General Assembly, Rep. Ewell was an active member | 18 | | in numerous organizations, including the Federal Public | 19 | | Defender Program, the Cook County Bar Association, the NAACP, | 20 | | the Washington Park Y.M.C.A., the Southtown Y.M.C.A, the | 21 | | Business Men's Association, the St. Carthage Grooming School | 22 | | for Boys, and the Perry Avenue Block Club; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Ewell was preceded in death by his first | 2 | | wife, Joyce Ewell; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Ewell is survived by his wife, Marcia Ewell; | 4 | | his sons, David Raymond, Marc Whitney, Raymond Anthony "Tony", | 5 | | Anthony Romain, and Marcus Alleyne; his grandchildren, Marc | 6 | | Jr., Kareim, Raymond Anthony Jr., Kendall, Drew, Diana, | 7 | | Cameron, and Ala; and his great-grandchildren, Silas, Kai, | 8 | | Aiyanna, and Kree; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we mourn the passing of former Illinois State Representative | 12 | | Raymond Whitney Ewell and extend our sincere condolences to | 13 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Rep. Ewell as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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