Bill Text: IL HR0517 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors the life and accomplishments of James M. Bailey.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0517 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0517-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 honor the life and | ||||||
| 4 | accomplishments of James M. Bailey; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Bailey was born on May 5, 1915, in Trenton, | ||||||
| 6 | Tennessee; he has lived in Alton for over 70 years; he still | ||||||
| 7 | resides in Alton on Salu Street, in the house he built in 1954; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, James Bailey and his wife, Mary Louise (Simmons) | ||||||
| 10 | Bailey, raised two wonderful sons, Dr. Jimmie M. Bailey and | ||||||
| 11 | Judge Duane Bailey; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, James Bailey earned his bachelor's degree from | ||||||
| 13 | Lincoln University in Missouri in 1939; while attending Lincoln | ||||||
| 14 | University, he was the first person to pledge with the Eta | ||||||
| 15 | Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; he was inducted into | ||||||
| 16 | the Lincoln University Alumni Hall of Fame on July 21, 2007; | ||||||
| 17 | and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, James Bailey earned his master's degree from the | ||||||
| 19 | University of Illinois in Champaign in 1948; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, James Bailey served as an educator with the Alton | ||||||
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| 1 | Community Unit School District for 48 years; during his career, | ||||||
| 2 | he served as a junior high school teacher and basketball coach, | ||||||
| 3 | principal of Lovejoy Elementary School and Central High School, | ||||||
| 4 | and supervising principal of all elementary principals; he also | ||||||
| 5 | holds the distinction of being the first African-American | ||||||
| 6 | assistant principal at Alton High School, the first | ||||||
| 7 | African-American administrative assistant to the | ||||||
| 8 | superintendent, and the first African-American assistant | ||||||
| 9 | superintendent of schools; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, James Bailey was a member of the steering | ||||||
| 11 | committees that founded Lewis and Clark Community College in | ||||||
| 12 | Godfrey and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; he | ||||||
| 13 | was one of the three founders of the City of Alton's Elijah P. | ||||||
| 14 | Lovejoy Memorial Scholarship; he was the first | ||||||
| 15 | African-American to be elected to the Alton City Council, where | ||||||
| 16 | he served for 10 years; he was the first African-American to be | ||||||
| 17 | elected to the position of comptroller in Alton; he served as a | ||||||
| 18 | community volunteer for voter registration efforts in the City | ||||||
| 19 | of Alton; he is a member of the NAACP; he is also a founding | ||||||
| 20 | member of the Alton Urban League; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, James Bailey will be honored for his many | ||||||
| 22 | accomplishments during a ceremony held by the Celebrate An | ||||||
| 23 | Elder Ministry of the Greater St. James Baptist Church in Alton | ||||||
| 24 | on September 25, 2011; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we honor the life and accomplishments of James M. Bailey and | ||||||
| 4 | wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be | ||||||
| 5 | it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to James Bailey as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 8 | respect.
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