Full Text of SR0330 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Robert L. Anderson Sr., who passed | 4 | | away on January 24, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was born to Talmitch and Virginia | 6 | | Anderson in Greenwood, Mississippi on January 26, 1940; he and | 7 | | his family moved to Chicago in 1946; he attended Douglass | 8 | | Elementary School and Dunbar Vocational High School; he earned | 9 | | his bachelor's degree in education from Chicago State | 10 | | University; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson became a teacher at Harrison | 12 | | Technical High School in the South Lawndale neighborhood of | 13 | | Chicago, where he met Johnnie Mae, and they married on August | 14 | | 21, 1965; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson earned his law degree from Kent | 16 | | College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology in | 17 | | 1973; he became an attorney with the State's Employment | 18 | | Security Department; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was appointed as a member of the | 20 | | late Mayor Harold Washington's sub-cabinet in 1985, being | 21 | | named as deputy mayor and serving as a confidential advisor |
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| 1 | | and attorney to Mayor Washington; during his tenure, he worked | 2 | | with various city agencies and departments to better the | 3 | | quality of life for all Chicagoans and was directly | 4 | | responsible for a number of important projects, including the | 5 | | O'Hare Development Project, the construction of a direct L | 6 | | train connection to O'Hare International Airport, the | 7 | | Southwest Transit Project, and capital improvement programs to | 8 | | repair aging streets and sewers throughout the City of | 9 | | Chicago; he also helped design the Chicago "remap" and | 10 | | assisted in a case that led Mayor Washington to gain control | 11 | | over the Chicago City Council; his work helped pave the way for | 12 | | Blacks to be appointed to both the Chicago City Council and the | 13 | | Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson then cofounded the Chicago-based | 15 | | law firm Krohn, Jenkins & Anderson; he served as a legal | 16 | | advisor to Bryn Mawr West Community Council, the Task Force | 17 | | for Black Political Empowerment, and the Jackie Robinson West | 18 | | Little League; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson served as an executive staff | 20 | | member of the Chicago Urban League, where he helped shape | 21 | | policy and implement programs; his skills as an educator were | 22 | | utilized to direct Job Corps training programs; he was also | 23 | | known for lending a hand to help various community members in | 24 | | finding jobs and other resources; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was instrumental in the | 2 | | development of the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington | 3 | | Archives and Collections by creating the Mayoral Records | 4 | | Infrastructure Sub-Cabinet Series; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson committed to his faith at a young | 6 | | age; as a teenager, he joined Second Mount Vernon M.B. Church, | 7 | | where he served the church community as resident attorney | 8 | | later in life; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In his retirement years, Robert Anderson enjoyed | 10 | | caring for his six grandsons and attending their various | 11 | | events and celebrating their achievements; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson, affectionately known as "The | 13 | | People's Attorney", stood strong in service to his faith, | 14 | | family, people, and community throughout his life as a son, a | 15 | | husband, a father, a servant, an intellectual, and an | 16 | | activist; he will be remembered for leaving a legacy of love, | 17 | | kindness, grace, integrity, faith, family, and strength; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents; his brothers, Horace C., John Edward Sr., Frank, and | 20 | | Gus; and his sister, Patricia Ann Williams; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Robert Anderson was | 2 | | survived by his wife, Johnnie Mae Anderson; his sons, Ivan | 3 | | Clisby and Robert L. (Patrice) Anderson Jr.; his daughters, | 4 | | Gail Clisby and Alison Anderson Wright; his brother, Talmitch | 5 | | Anderson; his sister, Theresia Jackson; his grandsons, Jordan | 6 | | Jeffery Washington, Robert Malik Anderson, Ethan Jeremiah | 7 | | Anderson, Zachary Langston Anderson, Wynton Terrence Wright, | 8 | | and Myles Joshua Wright; and a host of nieces, nephews, | 9 | | great-nieces, great-nephews, family, and friends; therefore, | 10 | | be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Robert L. Anderson Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Robert Anderson as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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