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92_HR0379

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  wish to express their sincere condolences to
 4    the family and friends of Charlie Soo,  who  recently  passed
 5    away; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Charlie  Soo was known as "The Mayor of Argyle"
 7    for  his  hard  work  and  activism  in  the  Asian  American
 8    community; Mr. Soo was the director  of  the  Asian  American
 9    Small  Businessman Association of Chicago, where he worked on
10    many needs of the  community,  including  licensing,  special
11    assessments,  curbs  and gutters, and other items of concern;
12    and

13        WHEREAS, Charlie Soo  was  born  in  1945  in  Hawaii  to
14    immigrant  Chinese  parents  from Malaysia; he studied at the
15    College of Emporia in Kansas for his  bachelor's  degree;  he
16    attended  the  University of Illinois in Chicago for graduate
17    studies and eventually  received  his  master's  degree  from
18    Roosevelt University; and

19        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Soo  served  on  the Community Development
20    Advisory Committee  and  the  Illinois  Economic  Development
21    Commission; and

22        WHEREAS, Mr. Soo became a fixture on Argyle Street in the
23    late  1970s, in the area known as New Chinatown; he worked to
24    have the Chicago  Transit  Authority  invest  in  a  $250,000
25    renovation  of the New Chinatown station, which was decorated
26    with pagoda-style features and bright colors; and

27        WHEREAS, Mr. Soo arranged "Taste of  Argyle,"  which  was
28    attended  by  the  late  Mayor  Harold Washington, Mayor Jane
29    Byrne, and current Mayor Richard Daley; he worked to  attract
30    businesses  and promote their efforts and helped in community
31    policing efforts; and
 
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 1        WHEREAS, The passing of the  "Mayor  of  Argyle"  Charlie
 2    Soo,  will  be deeply felt by his many friends and the people
 3    whose lives he touched; therefore, be it

 4        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 5    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 6    we mourn the passing of Charlie Soo; and be it further

 7        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 8    presented to the Asian American Small Businessman Association
 9    of Chicago in his honor.

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