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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 Richard Salisbury Williamson of | ||||||
| 4 | Kenilworth, who passed away on December 8, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson was born in 1949 in Evanston; | ||||||
| 6 | he graduated from New Trier Township High School in Winnetka | ||||||
| 7 | and received his Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Philosophy | ||||||
| 8 | from Princeton University, where he was President of his senior | ||||||
| 9 | class, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law | ||||||
| 10 | School, where he was executive editor of the Virginia Journal | ||||||
| 11 | of International Law; he married Jane Thatcher; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson had a long and distinguished | ||||||
| 13 | career in public service at the local, state, national, and | ||||||
| 14 | international level; he served 3 presidents in various senior | ||||||
| 15 | policy positions: Assistant to the President for | ||||||
| 16 | Intergovernmental Affairs for Ronald Reagan, Assistant | ||||||
| 17 | Secretary of State for International Organizations at the State | ||||||
| 18 | Department for George H.W. Bush, and for George W. Bush, | ||||||
| 19 | Ambassador to the United Nations for Political Affairs, | ||||||
| 20 | Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, | ||||||
| 21 | and as the President's Special Envoy to Sudan; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson dedicated his life to | ||||||
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| 1 | promoting human rights and democracy all over the world, and he | ||||||
| 2 | was active in many organizations that shared his mission such | ||||||
| 3 | as the Brookings Institution, the Chicago Council of Global | ||||||
| 4 | Affairs, the Center for New American Security, Freedom House, | ||||||
| 5 | the McCain Institute for Leadership, the International | ||||||
| 6 | Republican Institute, and a United Nations Non-Governmental | ||||||
| 7 | Organization dedicated to the advancement of democracy across | ||||||
| 8 | the globe; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson was an adjunct professor at | ||||||
| 10 | Northwestern University and authored several books and | ||||||
| 11 | articles on democracy and the protection of human rights; he | ||||||
| 12 | also served as chair of the Illinois Republican Party; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Richard Williamson is survived by his wife of 40 | ||||||
| 14 | years, Jane; his children, Elisabeth Graham (Ryan), Craig | ||||||
| 15 | Salisbury, and Richard Middleton (Sara); his granddaughter, | ||||||
| 16 | Cora Jane; his brother, Bruce (Alice); his sister, Barb (Erv); | ||||||
| 17 | and 10 nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 20 | Richard Salisbury Williamson, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 21 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 22 | him; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Richard Williamson as an expression | ||||||
| 3 | of our deepest sympathy.
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