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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of
Larry Hawkins of Chicago, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on January 30, 2009; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was born in Chicago on December 12, | ||||||
| 6 | 1930; he attended Douglass Elementary School and was a 1948 | ||||||
| 7 | graduate of Wendell Phillips High School, where he was a star | ||||||
| 8 | basketball player; he then received his associate's degree from | ||||||
| 9 | Wilson Junior College, his bachelor's degree at George Williams | ||||||
| 10 | College, and his master's degrees from George Williams College | ||||||
| 11 | and Roosevelt University; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins served his country with pride and | ||||||
| 13 | distinction as a member of the U.S. Army; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins played basketball with the Brown | ||||||
| 15 | Bombers, a spinoff of the Harlem Globetrotters, under the name | ||||||
| 16 | Hawk Washington; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In the late 1950s, Larry Hawkins took over as | ||||||
| 18 | coach of the basketball program at Carver High School, where he | ||||||
| 19 | coached the varsity basketball team to a second place finish in | ||||||
| 20 | the IHSA State Championship game in 1962 and led Carver to the | ||||||
| 21 | championship in 1963; he also coached girls' volleyball at Hyde | ||||||
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| 1 | Park High School and taught square and round dancing in Chicago | ||||||
| 2 | and, during the summertime, in Europe; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins served as director of the Office of | ||||||
| 4 | Special Programs-College Prep at the University of Chicago | ||||||
| 5 | since 1968; the program provides tutors and classes, sponsors | ||||||
| 6 | trips to college campuses, and helps young people increase | ||||||
| 7 | their opportunities to continue their education beyond high | ||||||
| 8 | school; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, In the early 1970s, Larry Hawkins founded the | ||||||
| 10 | Institute for Athletics and Education to work with student | ||||||
| 11 | athletes; he also served as president of Big Buddies Youth | ||||||
| 12 | Services, which dealt with troubled youths; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was named Coach of the Year by the | ||||||
| 14 | city's Prep Sports Writers Association in 1962 and 1963 in | ||||||
| 15 | recognition of his work; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 18 | his family and friends, the passing of Larry Hawkins; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Larry Hawkins as an expression of | ||||||
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| 1 | our sympathy.
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