Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SR0330 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
5	5	3 to learn of the death of Robert L. Anderson Sr., who passed
6	6	4 away on January 24, 2023; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was born to Talmitch and Virginia
8	8	6 Anderson in Greenwood, Mississippi on January 26, 1940; he and
9	9	7 his family moved to Chicago in 1946; he attended Douglass
10	10	8 Elementary School and Dunbar Vocational High School; he earned
11	11	9 his bachelor's degree in education from Chicago State
12	12	10 University; and
13	13	11 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson became a teacher at Harrison
14	14	12 Technical High School in the South Lawndale neighborhood of
15	15	13 Chicago, where he met Johnnie Mae, and they married on August
16	16	14 21, 1965; and
17	17	15 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson earned his law degree from Kent
18	18	16 College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology in
19	19	17 1973; he became an attorney with the State's Employment
20	20	18 Security Department; and
21	21	19 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was appointed as a member of the
22	22	20 late Mayor Harold Washington's sub-cabinet in 1985, being
23	23	21 named as deputy mayor and serving as a confidential advisor
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32	32	1 and attorney to Mayor Washington; during his tenure, he worked
33	33	2 with various city agencies and departments to better the
34	34	3 quality of life for all Chicagoans and was directly
35	35	4 responsible for a number of important projects, including the
36	36	5 O'Hare Development Project, the construction of a direct L
37	37	6 train connection to O'Hare International Airport, the
38	38	7 Southwest Transit Project, and capital improvement programs to
39	39	8 repair aging streets and sewers throughout the City of
40	40	9 Chicago; he also helped design the Chicago "remap" and
41	41	10 assisted in a case that led Mayor Washington to gain control
42	42	11 over the Chicago City Council; his work helped pave the way for
43	43	12 Blacks to be appointed to both the Chicago City Council and the
44	44	13 Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners; and
45	45	14 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson then cofounded the Chicago-based
46	46	15 law firm Krohn, Jenkins & Anderson; he served as a legal
47	47	16 advisor to Bryn Mawr West Community Council, the Task Force
48	48	17 for Black Political Empowerment, and the Jackie Robinson West
49	49	18 Little League; and
50	50	19 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson served as an executive staff
51	51	20 member of the Chicago Urban League, where he helped shape
52	52	21 policy and implement programs; his skills as an educator were
53	53	22 utilized to direct Job Corps training programs; he was also
54	54	23 known for lending a hand to help various community members in
55	55	24 finding jobs and other resources; and
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66	66	1 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was instrumental in the
67	67	2 development of the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington
68	68	3 Archives and Collections by creating the Mayoral Records
69	69	4 Infrastructure Sub-Cabinet Series; and
70	70	5 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson committed to his faith at a young
71	71	6 age; as a teenager, he joined Second Mount Vernon M.B. Church,
72	72	7 where he served the church community as resident attorney
73	73	8 later in life; and
74	74	9 WHEREAS, In his retirement years, Robert Anderson enjoyed
75	75	10 caring for his six grandsons and attending their various
76	76	11 events and celebrating their achievements; and
77	77	12 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson, affectionately known as "The
78	78	13 People's Attorney", stood strong in service to his faith,
79	79	14 family, people, and community throughout his life as a son, a
80	80	15 husband, a father, a servant, an intellectual, and an
81	81	16 activist; he will be remembered for leaving a legacy of love,
82	82	17 kindness, grace, integrity, faith, family, and strength; and
83	83	18 WHEREAS, Robert Anderson was preceded in death by his
84	84	19 parents; his brothers, Horace C., John Edward Sr., Frank, and
85	85	20 Gus; and his sister, Patricia Ann Williams; and
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96	96	1 WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Robert Anderson was
97	97	2 survived by his wife, Johnnie Mae Anderson; his sons, Ivan
98	98	3 Clisby and Robert L. (Patrice) Anderson Jr.; his daughters,
99	99	4 Gail Clisby and Alison Anderson Wright; his brother, Talmitch
100	100	5 Anderson; his sister, Theresia Jackson; his grandsons, Jordan
101	101	6 Jeffery Washington, Robert Malik Anderson, Ethan Jeremiah
102	102	7 Anderson, Zachary Langston Anderson, Wynton Terrence Wright,
103	103	8 and Myles Joshua Wright; and a host of nieces, nephews,
104	104	9 great-nieces, great-nephews, family, and friends; therefore,
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106	106	11 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
107	107	12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
108	108	13 Robert L. Anderson Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to
109	109	14 his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
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111	111	16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
112	112	17 presented to the family of Robert Anderson as an expression of
113	113	18 our deepest sympathy.
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