Bill Text: IL HR0083 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dr. Larry Hawkins of Chicago.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-02-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0083 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0083-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Larry
Hawkins, who passed away on January 30, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was born in Chicago in 1930; he
attended Douglass Elementary and graduated from Phillips High
School, where he was a star basketball player in 1948; he then
received his associate's degree from Wilson Junior College in
1950; and
WHEREAS, After serving in the United States Army from 1953
to 1955, Larry Hawkins earned his bachelor's degree from George
Williams College in 1956 and earned master's degrees from
George Williams College and Roosevelt University; in 1986, he
earned his doctorate degree from the University of Illinois;
and
WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins had a long and distinguished career
in education; he began his career in 1956 at Carver High
School, where he was hired as a physical education teacher and
was appointed head basketball coach; going far beyond
basketball, he taught his students life skills and the
importance of getting good grades, going to college, and
succeeding in life; in 1963, he led the boys basketball team at

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Carver to the State championship, with the team's historic
victory marking the first time that a Chicago public school had
won the State championship in the New Assembly Hall; he also
coached volleyball at Hyde Park High School for many years
prior to his retirement from the Chicago Public Schools in
1999; and
WHEREAS, In 1968, Larry Hawkins became the Director of the
University of Chicago's Office of Special Programs, a program
that encourages and assists educationally disadvantaged
children to succeed in elementary and high school, graduate,
and complete college; and
WHEREAS, In 1972, Larry Hawkins founded the Institute for
Athletics and Education, a group that provides advocacy and
support to the community in an effort to maintain the balance
between sports and education in a way that enhances the
positive social and academic development of student athletes;
and
WHEREAS, In 1984, Larry Hawkins became the Executive
Director of Big Buddies Youth Services, Inc., an organization
founded in 1949 to assist the community with the prevention of
juvenile delinquency; under Dr. Hawkins' leadership, the
organization expanded to provide educational, social,
cultural, charitable, and community services for disadvantaged

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youth and their families as a comprehensive approach to
delinquency prevention; and
WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was the founder of the Parent
Athletic Support Team and the National Parents Committee on
Youth Sports; he was a member of numerous organizations,
including the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education
and Recreation, Concerned Coaches of Chicago, the Educational
Advisory Committee of the Urban League, the U.S. Olympic
Committee on Youth Identification, the Joint Committee on
Elementary and Secondary School Sports - State of Illinois, and
the First Congressional District District Council; and
WHEREAS, Larry Hawkins was the author of numerous
publications, including Sports Programs Should Reach Out To
Girls, Too (1990), Media and Sports in the Urban High School
(1987), Hard Times for School Sports (1986), and A Training
Program for Teacher/Coaches (1986); therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr.
Larry Hawkins; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Dr. Larry Hawkins as an expression

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of our sympathy.