Bill Text: IL SR0019 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Alvin Ralph Lee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0019 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0019-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Alvin Ralph "Al" Lee, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | January 1, 2019; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Al Lee was born in Gary, Indiana to Robert E. and | ||||||
6 | Emma Jenkins Lee on May 5, 1934; he graduated from Roosevelt | ||||||
7 | High School in 1952 and received an athletic scholarship to | ||||||
8 | Michigan State University, where he was a member of the 1953 | ||||||
9 | National Collegiate Football
Champions, the 1953 and 1954 Big | ||||||
10 | Ten Conference champions, and Rose Bowl Collegiate Football | ||||||
11 | Champions; he was captain of special teams in the 1956 Rose | ||||||
12 | Bowl; he was member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and | ||||||
13 | graduated in 1956 with a degree in economics; he enlisted in | ||||||
14 | the United States Army in 1957 and rose to
the rank of | ||||||
15 | lieutenant; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Al Lee continued his education by participating in | ||||||
17 | the Division of Technical Institute at Purdue University, the | ||||||
18 | Executive
Management Program at Pennsylvania State University, | ||||||
19 | the General Motors' Dealer Development
Program, and the Ford | ||||||
20 | Motor Company Dealer Training Program; he also attended the | ||||||
21 | Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business at the | ||||||
22 | University of
Chicago and received his M.B.A. from The | ||||||
23 | University of Chicago; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Al Lee worked at numerous automotive dealerships | ||||||
2 | including, Bob Neal Pontiac-Toyota and Bonnie Brook Sales,
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3 | where he was the sole-owner, dealer, and president; he later | ||||||
4 | operated Chatham Ridge Ford, Bear County Ford, Landmark Ford, | ||||||
5 | Marina
Ford, and Steel City Ford; he served as Dealer Principal | ||||||
6 | of Prestige Ford Sales and Service; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Al Lee was a member of the Vice President of the | ||||||
8 | United
States' Committee on Youth Motivation and Chairman of | ||||||
9 | The Executive Program at the University of
Chicago Graduate | ||||||
10 | School of Business; he also served as treasurer for Water Tower | ||||||
11 | Place
Associates with the Urban Investment and Development | ||||||
12 | Company, on the alumni board for the Executive Program at the
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13 | University of Chicago, as advisor to the president at the | ||||||
14 | University of Illinois, as a member of the Mortgage
Banking | ||||||
15 | Board for the State of Illinois, and as a board member for the | ||||||
16 | Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Al Lee worked with Mayor Harold
Washington, Eugene | ||||||
18 | Sawyer, and the Eighth Ward Regular Democratic Organization; he | ||||||
19 | served as deputy comptroller of the Forest Preserve District of | ||||||
20 | Cook County; after retiring, he spent his
days at the South | ||||||
21 | Side YMCA; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Al Lee is survived by his wife, Bessie; his sons, |
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1 | Alvin
Marc (Pamela) and David (Lisa); his grandchildren, | ||||||
2 | Anthony, Aaron, Faith, and
Solomon; his great-grandchildren, | ||||||
3 | Theodore, Vivian, and Augustus; his siblings, James
(Marsha), | ||||||
4 | Shirley (James), Irma, Yvonne (Charles), Lawrence (Willa), and | ||||||
5 | Horace; his nieces,
Niki D'Hana, Anna Charles, and Valarie; his | ||||||
6 | nephews, Eric and Jasen; and numerous other
relatives and | ||||||
7 | friends; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
10 | Alvin Ralph "Al" Lee and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
11 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
12 | further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Alvin Lee as an expression of our | ||||||
15 | deepest sympathy.
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