Bill Text: IL HR1094 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wilson Frost of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR1094 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1094-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 saddened to learn of the death of Wilson | ||||||
4 | Frost of Chicago, who passed away on May 5, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was born in Cairo on December 27, | ||||||
6 | 1925 and earned his bachelor's degree from Fisk University in | ||||||
7 | 1950; he earned his Juris Doctor in 1958 from the Chicago-Kent | ||||||
8 | College of Law; he later studied at DePaul University's | ||||||
9 | Lawyer's Institute; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was hired by the Postal | ||||||
11 | Transportation Service as a clerk, where he remained until | ||||||
12 | 1952; he then joined Provident Hospital as a statistician; | ||||||
13 | after earning his law degree, he joined the firm of Frost, | ||||||
14 | Sherard, Howse & Coleman, where he continued on as a partner | ||||||
15 | until 1973; he left to form Meyer & Frost, which later became | ||||||
16 | Frost & Greenblatt, where he remained until his retirement in | ||||||
17 | 1998; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost became active in Chicago politics in | ||||||
19 | 1967 when he won election as alderman of the 21st Ward; in | ||||||
20 | 1971, he was elected alderman of the 34th Ward, and in 1976, he | ||||||
21 | served as the president pro tem of the City Council; he served | ||||||
22 | the city until retiring in 1998 with the title of commissioner |
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1 | of the Cook County Board of Tax Appeals; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was honored by many organizations, | ||||||
3 | including the Original Forty Club, which awarded him the Man of | ||||||
4 | the Year Award in 1974, and the Illinois House of | ||||||
5 | Representatives, which issued a resolution praising his work | ||||||
6 | upon his retirement; he also actively served various | ||||||
7 | organizations, including the John Marshall School of Law and | ||||||
8 | the Mercy Hospital Medical Center; he served as vice president | ||||||
9 | of the City Club of Chicago; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Wilson Frost and his wife, Gloria, had four | ||||||
11 | children; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
13 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
14 | mourn the passing of Wilson Frost, and extend our sincere | ||||||
15 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
16 | him; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Wilson Frost as an expression of our | ||||||
19 | deepest sympathy.
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