Bill Text: IL HR1066 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Judge Richard Jay Elrod of Lincolnwood, former Cook County Sheriff.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-07 - Resolution Adopted [HR1066 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR1066-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 Judge
Richard Jay Elrod of Lincolnwood, who passed away on April 19,
2014; and
WHEREAS, Judge Elrod was born in Chicago on February 17,
1934; he attended Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia from 1947 to 1951, where he was an all-star football
player; he graduated from Northwestern University, where he
also played football, in 1955 with a degree in Political
Science; he married Marilyn later that same year; he received
his Juris Doctor in 1958 from Northwestern University Law
School; and
WHEREAS, Judge Elrod had a long career of public service;
his experience includes: Assistant Corporation Counsel for the
City of Chicago from 1958 to 1960, Chief City Prosecutor for
the City of Chicago from 1965 to 1970, Illinois State
Representative from 1969 to 1970, Sheriff of Cook County from
1970 to 1986, Senior Assistant Attorney General from 1986 to
1988, and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge starting August of
1988; and
WHEREAS, Judge Elrod's bar association, civic, and

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charitable work was extensive; some of the organizations for
which he has served include: the Jewish Judges Association of
Illinois, the Center for Disability and Elder Law (Board of
Directors), Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
(President), the Chicago Bar Association, the National Council
Boy Scouts of America, the Safer/Pace Foundation, the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Illinois (33rd Degree), State of Israel
Bonds (Chairman), the B'nai B'rith Council of Greater Chicago,
the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, and the Medinah Shrine Police
Unit and Legal Committee; and
WHEREAS, Judge Elrod received numerous special
recognitions, including an appointment by President Ronald
Reagan to serve on the United States President's Child Safety
Partnership (1986), the American Board of Trial Advocates'
Lifetime Achievement Award (2011), The Decalogue Society of
Lawyers - Man of the Year (2012) recognition, and Mayor Richard
J. Daley's Chicago Police Medal of Honor (1978); he received
the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers - Man of the
Year (1985) Award, the Disabled American Veterans - Meritorious
Service Award (2005), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Award,
the Illinois Security Chiefs Association - Outstanding Service
Award, the Chicago Bar Association - Bench and Bar Committee's
Outstanding Service Award, the Medinah Shriners - Community
Service Award, the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry -
Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to

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Law Enforcement, and the Shaare Zedek Hospital's Man of the
Year Award; he was the elected President of the National
Sheriff's Association (1983-1984) and the Illinois Sheriff's
Association (1978); and
WHEREAS, Judge Elrod is survived by his wife of 58 years,
Marilyn; his children, Steven Elrod, Donna Elrod, Audrey Lakin,
and Ron Lakin; and his grandchildren, Elizabeth Mollen, Russell
Mollen, Daniel Elrod, David Lakin, and Lauren Lakin; therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we mourn the passing of Judge Richard Jay Elrod, and extend our
sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew
and loved him; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Judge Elrod as an expression of our
deepest sympathy.