Full Text of HR1094 096th General Assembly
HR1094 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor accomplishments in the | 4 |
| lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason has always held his family as his | 6 |
| highest priority, as son, husband, father, and grandfather; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was a member of the Chicago Police | 8 |
| Department for 25 years serving as a patrol officer in the | 9 |
| Traffic Division until he was promoted to the rank of detective | 10 |
| in 1967; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was transferred to Homicide | 12 |
| Headquarters in 1979 where he served as city-wide Sex Crimes | 13 |
| Coordinator and Analyst until he retired from the Chicago | 14 |
| Police Department; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason, along with former Commander | 16 |
| Rudolph E. Nimocks, designed, staffed and administered a | 17 |
| city-wide Sex Crimes Unit; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason initiated the first detailed sex | 19 |
| crimes analysis in the City of Chicago and published | 20 |
| comprehensive and analytical reports, tracked crime patterns, |
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| participated in training sex crimes detectives, and assisted in | 2 |
| the production of a rape prevention film; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was the Chicago Police Department | 4 |
| liaison with various citizen groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason, has been recognized by the | 6 |
| Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), the | 7 |
| Chicago Police Department, and has received numerous Letters of | 8 |
| Commendation from many organizations and citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason joined the staff of the South East | 10 |
| Chicago Commission as Law Enforcement Coordinator on August 9, | 11 |
| 1982; he served the Hyde Park-Kenwood community with integrity | 12 |
| and dedication, coordinating the efforts of the Chicago Police | 13 |
| Department and the University of Chicago Security Department to | 14 |
| reduce crime in the community, making it a more desirable place | 15 |
| to live, work, and raise a family; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was commended by President Hanna | 17 |
| Holborn Gray in 1984 for his extraordinary work as Law | 18 |
| Enforcement Coordinator; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was commended by the Office of the | 20 |
| State's Attorney on May 30, 1985 for his tremendous job in | 21 |
| aiding an 84-year old woman who was the victim of an armed |
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| robbery and home invasion; the Assistant State's Attorney said | 2 |
| Robert cared for the woman as if she were his own mother; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason accepted an award on March 8, 1986 | 4 |
| from then-State's Attorney Richard M. Daley for his special | 5 |
| efforts regarding a Juvenile Court case; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason assumed the position of Acting | 7 |
| Executive Director on June 30, 1989 while maintaining his | 8 |
| position of Law Enforcement Coordinator; he "carried out his | 9 |
| responsibilities with a quiet effectiveness that one can only | 10 |
| admire," stated then-President D. Gale Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was promoted to Executive Director | 12 |
| of the South East Chicago Commission in October of 1990; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason served the Hyde Park-Kenwood | 14 |
| community for 28 years with professional, dedicated service, | 15 |
| and always exhibited the utmost integrity in everything he did; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason accepted the Hyde Park Historical | 18 |
| Society's Marian and Leon Despres Award on February 24, 2007 | 19 |
| for the South East Chicago Commission and its role in | 20 |
| preservation and cultural history in helping promote and create | 21 |
| the Kenwood Landmark District; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was honored by the Hyde Park | 2 |
| Chamber of Commerce on October 23, 2008 at their 69th Annual | 3 |
| Dinner for his on-going work to keep the area strong and | 4 |
| vibrant; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Robert C. Mason on his retirement from the South | 8 |
| East Chicago Commission and on his lifetime of service to the | 9 |
| community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Robert C. Mason and the South East Chicago | 12 |
| Commission as a symbol of our affection, gratitude, and | 13 |
| respect.
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