Bill Text: IL SR0648 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of former Illinois State Senator George Raymond Hudson.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-23 - Resolution Adopted [SR0648 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0648-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of former Illinois State Senator George
Raymond Hudson, who passed away on February 10, 2012; and
WHEREAS, George Hudson was born on July 31, 1919, in
Weedsport, New York; his parents were George Leon Hudson and
Florence Hopkins Hudson; he married Barbara Anderson Hudson in
1942; and
WHEREAS, George Hudson worked for Eastman Kodak in
Rochester from 1937 to 1938 to earn money for college; he
attended Dennison University in Granville, Ohio, from 1938 to
1942; during college, he was president of his college
fraternity and president of the 1942 graduating class; he was
also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and ODK, and was chosen by the
university as an Outstanding Alumnus 30 years after graduation;
and
WHEREAS, George Hudson served in the United States Army Air
Corps from 1942 to 1945, where he earned the rank of second
lieutenant; during the war, he served as a tester in a
psychological testing unit that evaluated pilots, gunners, and
navigators for psychological fitness to serve overseas; and

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WHEREAS, After World War II, George Hudson attended the
American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he graduated with a
degree in graphic arts in 1947; he produced a great number of
paintings and sketches and was well known as a masterful letter
artist, graphic designer, and photographer; for several years,
he produced a popular cartoon strip, called "Travelin' Ted,"
for the Chicago Tribune; in 1948, he co-founded an advertising
agency, later called the George Ray Hudson Advertising Company,
which he operated until 1985; and
WHEREAS, George Hudson was first elected to the Illinois
General Assembly in 1970; after serving as a State
Representative from 1971 to 1986, he was elected to the
Illinois State Senate, where he served until 1994; during his
more than 22 years in the General Assembly, he received
numerous awards for his legislative achievements from such
organizations as the Heritage Foundation, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Farm Bureau, and Caterpillar, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, George Hudson was active in the American Legion as
commander of Legion Post 250 in Hinsdale and district commander
of the 4th District, an area covering 4 counties in suburban
Chicago; he was a long-time member of Toastmasters; in 1967, he
was one of the founding members of the Church on the County
Line (now Faith Fellowship Church) in Oak Brook; he served as a
Republican precinct committee for most of the 30 years between

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1968 and 1998; in the late 1970s, he helped found Taproot, a
local conservative political-action organization; and
WHEREAS, George Hudson is survived by his wife, Barbara;
his children, Susan Hudson Fox (Thomas Kenneth Fox), Richard
Frederick Hudson (Cheryl Pearce Hudson), and Robert Raymond
Hudson (Shelley Townsend Hudson); his 9 grandchildren; his 15
great-grandchildren; his nephew, Robert Frederick Hudson
(Patricia Hudson); and his niece, Margaret Jean Bankos (David
Bankos); therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
his family and friends, the passing of George Raymond Hudson;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of George Hudson as an expression of
our sympathy.