Bill Text: IL HR0215 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the family of R. Eugene Pincham on the occasion of Mr. Pincham's posthumous nomination for the Laurel Wreath Award from the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-26 - Resolution Adopted [HR0215 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0215-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the family of R. | ||||||
4 | Eugene Pincham on the occasion of Mr. Pincham's posthumous | ||||||
5 | nomination for the Laurel Wreath Award from the Kappa Alpha Psi | ||||||
6 | Fraternity; and
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7 | WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham was born on June 28, 1925 in | ||||||
8 | Chicago; he graduated from Trinity High School in Athens, | ||||||
9 | Georgia in December of 1941; he attended LeMoyne College in | ||||||
10 | Memphis, Tennessee from 1942 to 1943; he earned his bachelor's | ||||||
11 | degree in political science from Tennessee State University in | ||||||
12 | 1947 and his Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern | ||||||
13 | University School in Law in 1951; and
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14 | WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham had a long and distinguished | ||||||
15 | career in law; he was admitted to the Illinois Bar on June 18, | ||||||
16 | 1951 and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in | ||||||
17 | 1965; he worked in private practice with the firm of Evins, | ||||||
18 | Pincham, Fowlkes & Cooper from 1954 to 1976; he was also a | ||||||
19 | trial and appeals attorney in the State and federal courts from | ||||||
20 | 1951 until December 6, 1976, arguing over 200 cases before the | ||||||
21 | appellate and Supreme Courts of Illinois, the U.S. Courts of | ||||||
22 | Appeals for the 6th, 7th, and 8th Circuits, and the U.S. | ||||||
23 | Supreme Court; and
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1 | WHEREAS, From December 6, 1976 to June of 1984, R. Eugene | ||||||
2 | Pincham served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, | ||||||
3 | where he was assigned to the Criminal Division; from June of | ||||||
4 | 1984 to December of 1996, he served as a Justice with the 1st | ||||||
5 | District Appellate Court of Illinois in Chicago; from 1970 to | ||||||
6 | 2008, he served as a lecturer-instructor in trial and appellate | ||||||
7 | techniques and advocacy in numerous university, including the | ||||||
8 | Harvard University School of Law, the Cornell University School | ||||||
9 | of Law, and the Northwestern University School of Law, among | ||||||
10 | many others; and
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11 | WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham was the recipient of numerous | ||||||
12 | awards and accolades for his work in the community, including | ||||||
13 | the Northwestern University Alumni Association Award of Merit, | ||||||
14 | the Tennessee State University Outstanding Alumnus Award, the | ||||||
15 | Chicago Bar Association Certificate of Appreciation, the Cook | ||||||
16 | County, Illinois Bar Association's Richard A. Westbrook Award | ||||||
17 | for Outstanding Contributions to the Legal Profession, the | ||||||
18 | Human Resources Development Institute's Merit Award, the Kappa | ||||||
19 | Alpha Psi Fraternity Achievement Award and Certificate, the | ||||||
20 | National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executive's | ||||||
21 | Appreciation Award, the BALSA of John Marshall Law School | ||||||
22 | Outstanding Jurist Award, the Percy Julian High School Award of | ||||||
23 | Appreciation, the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee of | ||||||
24 | the ACLU Certificate of Service, the National College of |
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1 | Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders Certificate of | ||||||
2 | Merit, the Minority Alliance Group Award for Outstanding | ||||||
3 | Achievement, the Tennessee State University Golden Anniversary | ||||||
4 | Citation Award of Merit, the John Marshall Harlan High School | ||||||
5 | Father of the Year Award, the United Black Laborers Community | ||||||
6 | Organization Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement, the | ||||||
7 | United Front of Cairo, Illinois Certificate of Achievement, and | ||||||
8 | the John Marshall Harlan High School Student Council Community | ||||||
9 | Award for Outstanding Service; and
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10 | WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham was a member of numerous | ||||||
11 | organizations, including the NAACP, the ACLU, the Kappa Alpha | ||||||
12 | Psi Fraternity, the Trinity United Church of Christ, the Law | ||||||
13 | Club of Chicago, the Executive Club of Chicago, the Board of | ||||||
14 | Directors of the John Henry Wigmore Club at Northwestern | ||||||
15 | University, the State of Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission, | ||||||
16 | the Cook County Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, | ||||||
17 | the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the | ||||||
18 | Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the Association of Defense | ||||||
19 | Lawyers; he was a Past President of the John Marshall Harlan | ||||||
20 | High School Community Organization and a member of the | ||||||
21 | Judicature Society; he was also a former Trustee of the | ||||||
22 | Howalton Day School and the Morgan Park Academy; and
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23 | WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham married his college sweetheart, | ||||||
24 | Alzata Cudalla Henry, on August 31, 1948 in Louisville, |
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1 | Tennessee; together, they had three children, Robert Eugene | ||||||
2 | Pincham, Jr., Andrea Michelle Pincham, and James Frederick | ||||||
3 | Pincham; and
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4 | WHEREAS, R. Eugene Pincham will be long remembered in the | ||||||
5 | legal profession and among his family and friends for his quick | ||||||
6 | mind, down-to-earth demeanor, astute knowledge of the law, and | ||||||
7 | gifted oratory skills; his legacy will live on in the | ||||||
8 | courtrooms of America and in the hearts of the many judges and | ||||||
9 | lawyers who knew him; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | congratulate the family of R. Eugene Pincham on the occasion of | ||||||
13 | Mr. Pincham's posthumous nomination for the Laurel Wreath Award | ||||||
14 | from the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and honor the memory of | ||||||
15 | this great man; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the family of R. Eugene Pincham as a symbol of our | ||||||
18 | esteem and respect.
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