Full Text of HR1223 093rd General Assembly
HR1223 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of David S. | 4 |
| Canter on August 26, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Canter, a Hyde Park community resident, was | 6 |
| heavily involved in Chicago politics, education, the newspaper | 7 |
| business, and the practice of law; he made a career of fighting | 8 |
| social and economic inequality wherever he saw it; and
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| WHEREAS, David S. Canter was born in Boston, Massachusetts | 10 |
| in 1923; his father moved the family from Boston to Russia when | 11 |
| Mr. Canter was a child; Mr. Canter returned to Boston for high | 12 |
| school before receiving his bachelor's degree from the | 13 |
| University of Chicago and then earning his law degree from the | 14 |
| John Marshall Law School; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, While in school, Mr. Canter became involved in | 16 |
| student politics and served as editor-in-chief of his high | 17 |
| school and college newspapers; he later edited the Packinghouse | 18 |
| Workers Union's Champion, Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices, and former | 19 |
| Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's Second Term newsletter, and | 20 |
| with his swift pen, he also printed dozens of newspapers on | 21 |
| behalf of Chicago politicians; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, As a political activist, Mr. Canter marched with | 23 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, fighting for open-housing | 24 |
| in Chicago; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, David S. Canter served as an advisor to prominent | 26 |
| Chicago politicians, including Harold Washington, Carol | 27 |
| Moseley Braun, and Bobby Rush; he was known for his | 28 |
| block-by-block command of voting patterns; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Canter served as former Mayor Washington's |
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| Deputy Streets and Sanitation Commissioner, an aide to former | 2 |
| Governor Dan Walker, and an attorney for the Illinois Commerce | 3 |
| Commission, and right up to his death, he served as an attorney | 4 |
| for the Cook County Department of Human Rights; he was | 5 |
| especially devoted to heading up a revamp of the Miriam G. | 6 |
| Canter Middle School, named for his wife following her death in | 7 |
| 1999, and served as a member of the Friends of Miriam G. Canter | 8 |
| Middle School; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, David S. Canter's passing will be deeply felt by | 10 |
| many, especially his three children, Evan, Marc, and Anna | 11 |
| Pincus, and his nine grandchildren; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Miriam; | 13 |
| therefore, be it | 14 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn the passing of David S. Canter along with all who knew | 17 |
| and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family | 18 |
| and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of David S. Canter as an expression of | 21 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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