Full Text of HR0267 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Norbert F. Smith on | 4 | | his retirement as a Village Trustee from the Village of | 5 | | Evergreen Park; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago on September 1, 1938 to | 7 | | Mary and William Smith; he had 2 brothers, Bill and Ed, and a | 8 | | sister, Mary Dee; he spent his early days working in the family | 9 | | gas station, where he learned about hard work and | 10 | | responsibility; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He attended St. Rita High School and established | 12 | | the foundation of his life-long commitment to the Catholic | 13 | | Church; he served in the Illinois National Guard and was | 14 | | honorably discharged in August of 1967; he married Geraldine | 15 | | "Geri" Strehl on May 20, 1970 and they later moved to Evergreen | 16 | | Park; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He worked part-time for the Evergreen Park Police | 18 | | Department beginning in October of 1961 and became a full-time | 19 | | patrolman on January 1, 1963; he served under Mayor Henry Klein | 20 | | and rose through the ranks to Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant, | 21 | | Deputy Chief, and eventually was appointed the Chief of Police | 22 | | on February 2, 1979 under Mayor Anthony Vacco; he served as |
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| 1 | | Chief until 1995; in 1997, he was elected Village Trustee and | 2 | | served 4 consecutive terms until his decision to retire in | 3 | | 2011; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in | 5 | | Quantico, Virginia; he is one of the original founders and past | 6 | | President of FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development | 7 | | Association; he is a Past President of the South Suburban | 8 | | Police Chiefs Association, a Past President of the Fifth | 9 | | District Police Chiefs Association, a member of the Illinois | 10 | | Association of Chiefs of Police, and a member of the | 11 | | International Association of Chiefs of Police; he holds a | 12 | | Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters degree in Science from | 13 | | Chicago State University; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Norbert Smith has made the decision to retire | 15 | | after serving the Village of Evergreen Park for over 50 years, | 16 | | serving under 3 administrations, and always doing his work with | 17 | | pride and dignity; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Norbert Smith on his retirement and wish him | 21 | | well in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Norbert Smith as a symbol of our respect and | 2 | | esteem.
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