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92_HR1107

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are  proud  to congratulate Frank Anselmo of
 4    Lombard, on his retirement  from  the  Cook  County  Juvenile
 5    Probation Department on November 30, 2002; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Anselmo  has  spent  his  lifetime helping
 7    children of all walks of  life,  fortunate  and  unfortunate,
 8    starting  his career teaching at Blessed Agnes Grammar School
 9    in Chicago, moving on to the Cook County  Juvenile  Detention
10    Center  as  a  caseworker,  and  since  November,  1976, as a
11    Juvenile Probation Officer in Cook County; and

12        WHEREAS, Mr. Anselmo received his Bachelor of Arts degree
13    in Sociology in 1969 from Quincy College, after  starting  at
14    DePaul  University and distinguishing himself at Fenwick High
15    School in Oak Park; and

16        WHEREAS, The professional career of Mr. Anselmo has  been
17    distinguished  by  his  exceptional  efforts on behalf of his
18    beloved juveniles, some of whom experienced only the love and
19    care of Frank Anselmo, working as a delinquent field  officer
20    in  both  the  City  of  Chicago  and Suburban Cook County, a
21    compliance screening officer and as an  advocate  for  minors
22    referred to residential placements; and

23        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Anselmo  has  received numerous letters of
24    commendation,  awards,  and  recognitions  for  his  tireless
25    efforts, including the Recognition Award  from  the  Illinois
26    Probation    and   Court   Services   Association   for   his
27    contributions to  the  probation  profession  throughout  his
28    career; and

29        WHEREAS,   Mr.   Anselmo   was  equally  devoted  to  his
30    co-workers as he was to his juvenile clients, mentoring young
31    probation officers and teaching them from the heart, not from
 
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 1    the  rule  book,  becoming  a  modern  day  version  of  John
 2    Augustus, the father of probation, and receiving the greatest
 3    recognition  of  all,  being  universally  acclaimed   as   a
 4    "Probation Officer's Probation Officer"; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Like  John  Augustus,  Frank Anselmo is truly a
 6    pioneer  in  human  service,  placing  the  needs  of   "his"
 7    juveniles and "his" co-workers above his own, epitomizing Mr.
 8    Augustus' self description, "My mission has been to raise the
 9    fallen, reform the criminal and so far as my humble abilities
10    would  allow,  to transform the abode of suffering and misery
11    to the home of happiness";  and

12        WHEREAS, Mr. Anselmo,  continued  the  great  example  of
13    public  service and personal service provided by his parents,
14    the late Henry, a  battalion  chief  with  the  Chicago  Fire
15    Department, and Mary (Vicari) Anselmo, and his four siblings,
16    Monica Vance, Henry, Mary Ellen and Theodora Kolb, and is the
17    loving father to Matthew (Heather), Frank and Kathryn; and

18        WHEREAS,  In  addition  to  his  reputation as the family
19    prankster, he is also recognized as the "Best Brother in  the
20    World" by at least three out of four of his siblings; and

21        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Anselmo  has courageously, and in constant
22    good humor, fought a highly personal  battle  against  kidney
23    cancer,  taking solace in that battle's continued success and
24    the army of friends and family, whose prayers have made  that
25    battle a victory; therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-
27    SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  that  we
28    congratulate  Frank  Anselmo  on his retirement from the Cook
29    County Juvenile Probation Department and  wish  him  all  the
30    best in his future endeavors; and be it further

31        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 
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 1    presented to Frank Anselmo as an expression of our esteem and
 2    additional copies be presented to the Circuit Court  of  Cook
 3    County,  Juvenile  Justice and Child Protection Department in
 4    recognition of Mr. Anselmo's distinguished career there.

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