Full Text of HR0718 095th General Assembly
HR0718 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| G. Jones, Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlando Jones, Sr. received his Bachelor of Arts | 6 |
| Degree from DePaul University and his Master of Public | 7 |
| Administration Degree from Roosevelt University; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Orlando Jones, Sr. held leadership positions in | 9 |
| industry and public service throughout his 20 year career; he | 10 |
| served as Vice President of Special Projects for the Rezmar | 11 |
| Corporation, a large-scale residential and commercial | 12 |
| development company; he served as Chief of Staff and Chief | 13 |
| Operating Officer to former Cook County Board President John | 14 |
| Stroger for 6 years, where he was responsible for the daily | 15 |
| operations of Cook County's government; he served as Chief | 16 |
| Operating Officer and Project Director of Provident Hospital of | 17 |
| Cook County, where he was responsible for the hospital's | 18 |
| day-to-day operations and its 700 employees, as well as its | 19 |
| redevelopment into a public hospital; he served as the Deputy | 20 |
| Director of Cook County Hospital, where he was responsible for | 21 |
| the facility and its 6,500 employees; he also served as | 22 |
| Associate Director of Clinical Services for Cook County | 23 |
| Hospital, where he was responsible for the creation of the |
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| hospital's Office of Clinical Services and Office of Program, | 2 |
| Planning and Development; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlando Jones, Sr. was the owner and manager of | 4 |
| Premier Alliance Management, LLC, a company which provided | 5 |
| project management and strategic operational planning services | 6 |
| to private and public entities; he was also the owner of | 7 |
| Orlando Jones and Associates, a firm which specialized in | 8 |
| program development and crafting strategies, as well as | 9 |
| assisting in partnerships with units of local, State and | 10 |
| federal government; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlando Jones, Sr. was an active member within his | 12 |
| community; he was Chairman of the Cook County Care Foundation; | 13 |
| he served on the Boards of the Chicago Botanical Society, the | 14 |
| Cook County Employees Appeal Board, the Cove School, and the | 15 |
| Governmental Assistance Program; he served as a member of the | 16 |
| State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board and the Health | 17 |
| Facilities Planning Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlando Jones, Sr. will be remembered by all who | 19 |
| knew and loved him as a hard worker and a genuine person; | 20 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 2 |
| Orlando G. Jones, Sr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Orlando G. Jones, Sr. as an | 5 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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