Full Text of HR0527 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Michael E. Jackson on | 4 | | being selected as the Grand Master of The Most Worshipful | 5 | | Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of | 6 | | Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Jackson was elected Grand Master on | 8 | | October 8, 2021 and is responsible for leading the 47,000 | 9 | | Freemasons who are members of the subordinate lodges in | 10 | | Illinois; he was named to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in | 11 | | April 1988 and has been a Mason for over 33 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Michael Jackson's mother lodge is Mt. Moriah | 13 | | Lodge No. 51 in Hillsboro; he served as its Worshipful Master | 14 | | in 1993, 1998, and 2010; he also served as Treasurer in 2013; | 15 | | he has been chosen as an honorary member of five lodges in | 16 | | Illinois, including Kimmundy Lodge No. 398, Red Bud Lodge No. | 17 | | 427, East Lodge No. 504, Altamont Lodge No. 533, and Frankfort | 18 | | Lodge No. 567; in addition to his lodge activities, he has | 19 | | served as an advocate of Masonic education, and he received | 20 | | commissions as a Grand Lecturer in 1994 and a Grand Lodge | 21 | | Instructor in 1999; he joined the Grand Lodge Board of Grand | 22 | | Examiners in 2004, where he served as its Secretary from 2008 | 23 | | to 2009 and Chairman from 2010 to 2013; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Michael Jackson's first Grand Lodge officer | 2 | | appointment occurred as a Grand Steward in 1996; he was next | 3 | | appointed as the Grand Marshal in 2000 and served in that | 4 | | position for three years; he was later appointed as the Junior | 5 | | Grand Deacon in 2013 and the Senior Grand Deacon in 2014 before | 6 | | being elected to Junior Grand Warden in 2015; he has served on | 7 | | several Grand Lodge committees over the years, including the | 8 | | Finance Committee, the Illinois Masonic Outreach Services | 9 | | (IMOS) Board of Managers, and the Illinois Masonic Children's | 10 | | Assistance Program (IMCAP) Board of Managers; he also served | 11 | | as the Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of Africa | 12 | | (Congo) for five years beginning in 2005; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Michael Jackson is a devoted member of the | 14 | | Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Springfield; he was | 15 | | nominated to receive honorary membership in the Supreme | 16 | | Council 33° in 2017; he is also a member of the York Rite | 17 | | Bodies in Hillsboro and served as Past Puissant Sovereign of | 18 | | St. Edwards Conclave Red Cross of Constantine, having led that | 19 | | organization in 2017; he is an honorary member of the DeMolay | 20 | | International Legion of Honor; he also became a member of the | 21 | | Ainad Shriners of Southern Illinois in East St. Louis in 2018; | 22 | | and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Michael Jackson continues to enjoy a robust |
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| 1 | | professional career dedicated to providing communications | 2 | | equipment management and services to various customers, | 3 | | including educational institutions, which has spanned more | 4 | | than 24 years; throughout his career, he has enjoyed various | 5 | | technical, supervisory, and management roles, which have | 6 | | provided a broad understanding of business operations, | 7 | | including how to effectively lead teams from laborers to | 8 | | managers; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Michael Jackson has spent more than 35 years | 10 | | building a loving family with his wife, including spending | 11 | | quality time with their daughter, son, and grandchildren; he | 12 | | also enjoys traveling to relax and explore his surroundings; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Michael E. Jackson on being selected as the | 17 | | Grand Master of The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient | 18 | | Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Michael Jackson as an expression of our esteem | 22 | | and respect.
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