Full Text of HR0558 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ronald | 4 | | Gregory Draper; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Draper was born to Denmon and Gladys | 6 | | Draper in Chicago on February 8, 1950; he learned the meaning | 7 | | of hard work at an early age as a paperboy, bus boy, and number | 8 | | runner in the Chatham community; he graduated at the top of his | 9 | | class from Martha Ruggles Elementary School in 1963; he | 10 | | attended Harlan High School, where he participated in cross | 11 | | country and track and field and broke the state record for the | 12 | | 120-yard high hurdles, leading his team to the Illinois State | 13 | | High School Championship; he enrolled at the North Carolina | 14 | | Colleges for Negroes, now known as North Carolina Central | 15 | | University, on a track and field scholarship in 1967 and | 16 | | became a 5-time College All-American between 1970 and 1971; he | 17 | | earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science from NCCU in | 18 | | 1971; he earned his Juris Doctor in 1974; he married Virginia | 19 | | Reynolds in 1975, and they had two sons, Jason and Brandon | 20 | | Draper; he passed the Cook County Bar Exam in 1975; he married | 21 | | Vivian Boone in 1987, and she preceded him in death in November | 22 | | 1991; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, After passing the bar, Ronald Draper began |
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| 1 | | working as an assistant district attorney with the Cook County | 2 | | State's Attorney office; as a prosecutor, he applied himself | 3 | | vigorously but realized that role was not his true passion; he | 4 | | eventually left the State's Attorney office for private | 5 | | practice as a criminal defense attorney, where he worked for | 6 | | justice and championed the rights of defendants who were sent | 7 | | to prison without a fair trial or by means of false evidence; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Draper was an active member of the St. | 10 | | Mark United Methodist Church, Grove Phi Grove, Kappa Alpha | 11 | | Psi, and the Cook County Bar Association; he was an avid golfer | 12 | | and world traveler; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn the passing of Ronald Gregory Draper and extend our | 16 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 17 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Ronald Draper as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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