Bill Text: IL SR0262 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jacoby Dickens of Fisher Island, Florida, formerly of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0262 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0262-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 Jacoby Dickens of Fisher Island, Florida, | ||||||
4 | formerly of Chicago; and
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5 | WHEREAS, After moving to Chicago in 1946, Jacoby Dickens | ||||||
6 | attended Wendell Phillips High School on the South Side; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was a longtime resident of Chicago; | ||||||
8 | he began his career at the Chicago Board of Education and | ||||||
9 | demonstrated an entrepreneurial flair that earned him the | ||||||
10 | distinction as one of the nation's most admired business | ||||||
11 | leaders; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was elected to the Board of the | ||||||
13 | Seaway Bank and Trust Company in 1979; he served as Vice | ||||||
14 | Chairman of the board before becoming Chairman in 1983; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was well known as a champion for | ||||||
16 | the African-American and civic communities; his deep | ||||||
17 | involvement with the community shaped his work at Seaway, where | ||||||
18 | he helped implement the opening of bank branches in otherwise | ||||||
19 | underserved areas of the city, including his own South Side of | ||||||
20 | Chicago; he focused on growing new businesses through loans, | ||||||
21 | outreach, and community development programs; he also |
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1 | supported local churches and mentoring programs, sponsoring | ||||||
2 | African-American teenagers through high school and college; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens served as chairman of the Committee | ||||||
5 | to Elect Harold Washington and as a Commissioner of Economic | ||||||
6 | Development for the City of Chicago; he was a member of the | ||||||
7 | boards of the Chicago Urban League, Chicago State University | ||||||
8 | Foundation, and the School of Business at Florida A & M | ||||||
9 | University; he also served as a trustee at the Museum of | ||||||
10 | Science and Industry at DePaul University, where a | ||||||
11 | scholarship-and-loan program was named in his honor, and at | ||||||
12 | Chicago State University, to which he donated more than $1 | ||||||
13 | million; in 1995, the Physical Education and Athletics Building | ||||||
14 | at CSU was named for him; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens was listed among Chicago | ||||||
16 | Magazine's "20 Most Influential People in Chicago" and had been | ||||||
17 | inducted into the Chicago Business Hall of Fame; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Jacoby Dickens is survived by his loving wife of | ||||||
19 | 15 years, Veranda Dickens; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
22 | his family and friends, the passing of Jacoby Dickens; and be |
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1 | it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Jacoby Dickens as an expression of | ||||||
4 | our sympathy.
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