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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of David S. 
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Canter on August 26, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Canter, a Hyde Park community resident,  was 
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heavily involved in Chicago politics, education, the newspaper 
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business, and the practice of law; he made a career of fighting 
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social and economic inequality wherever he saw it; and

 
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    WHEREAS, David S. Canter was born in Boston, Massachusetts 
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in 1923; his father moved the family from Boston to Russia when 
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Mr. Canter was a child;  Mr. Canter returned to Boston for high 
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school before receiving his bachelor's degree from  the 
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University of Chicago and then earning his law degree from the 
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John Marshall Law School; and
 
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    WHEREAS, While in school, Mr. Canter became involved in 
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student politics and served as editor-in-chief of his high 
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school and college newspapers; he later edited the Packinghouse 
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Workers Union's Champion, Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices, and former 
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Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's Second Term newsletter, and 
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with his swift pen, he also printed dozens of newspapers on 
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behalf of Chicago politicians; and
 
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    WHEREAS, As a political activist, Mr. Canter marched with 
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Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, fighting for open-housing 
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in Chicago; and
 
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    WHEREAS, David S. Canter served as an advisor to prominent 
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Chicago politicians, including Harold Washington, Carol 
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Moseley Braun, and Bobby Rush; he was known for his 
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block-by-block command of voting patterns; and 
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Canter served as former Mayor Washington's 
 


 






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Deputy Streets and Sanitation Commissioner, an aide to former 
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Governor Dan Walker, and an attorney for the Illinois Commerce 
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Commission, and right up to his death, he served as an attorney 
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for the Cook County Department of Human Rights; he was 
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especially devoted to heading up a revamp of the Miriam G. 
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Canter Middle School, named for his wife following her death in 
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1999, and served as a member of the Friends of Miriam G. Canter 
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Middle School; and
 
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    WHEREAS, David S. Canter's passing will be deeply felt by 
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many, especially his three children, Evan, Marc, and Anna 
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Pincus, and his nine grandchildren; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Miriam; 
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therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn the passing of David S. Canter along with all who knew 
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and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family 
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and friends; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of David S. Canter as an expression of 
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our deepest sympathy.