HR0714 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives congratulate Chester R. Albright, a Moose International staff officer since 1985, on his retirement March 8, 2004; and

WHEREAS, Chester R. Albright has served since June 1999 as Supreme Secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose and Director of Fraternal Operations for Moose International; functions under his jurisdiction included Lodge operations and officer training, Community Service, Family Activities, the Moose Legion and Fellowship degrees, Ritual and Sports, and admissions to Mooseheart and Moosehaven; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Albright was appointed when then-Director General Paul J. O'Hollaren appointed him Director of Ritual and Sports in 1985; over the next 13 years in that post, he guided through two major revisions of the Moose Enrollment Ritual and significantly expanded the fraternity's offerings of International Sports tournaments; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Albright is a member of Mooseheart's Class of 1957; his father had also graduated from Mooseheart, in 1929; Mr. Albright came to Mooseheart with his siblings in 1950 shortly after the death of his mother; he was enrolled into Batavia Lodge 682 in 1959 and immediately became active; he was elected Governor of Batavia Lodge for the first of two terms in 1964, winning the Governor's Diamond Merit Award in 1966; he also served on the Lodge's Ritual staff from 1960 until 1985, winning the International Ritual Competition with Batavia in 1967 and taking the individual title as Prelate that same year; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Albright earned a bachelor's degree in social science from Aurora University in 1962, earned his living with the trade he learned at Mooseheart, as he owned and operated a barber shop in Aurora from 1971 to 1985; and

WHEREAS, He is a member of Mecca Moose Legion 9, which has honored him as Past President; in 1999, the Moose Legion Council honored him with a designation as Past International President; he is a member of the 150 Division of the 25 Club, he received the Fellowship Degree of Honor in 1965, and the Pilgrim Degree of Merit in 1985; he is a past president of the Mooseheart Alumni Association and a 1993 inductee into the Mooseheart Sports Hall of Fame; he also served his community with three terms on the City Council in his hometown of Aurora; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Albright and his wife, Judy, also a Mooseheart graduate, have two children and three grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Chester R. Albright on his retirement from the Loyal Order of the Moose after many years of dedicated service; and we wish him well in all his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Chester R. Albright as a token of our respect and esteem.