Bill Text: IL SR1413 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jesse D. Madison of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1413 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1413-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 Jesse D. Madison of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on August 8, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was born on January 1, 1939 in | ||||||
6 | Memphis, Tennessee; he graduated from Manassas High School in | ||||||
7 | 1956 and moved to Chicago where he attended
Wilson Junior | ||||||
8 | College and Roosevelt University; he received his Bachelor of | ||||||
9 | Science in Business
Administration, with a major in Accounting, | ||||||
10 | in 1969; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison had a career in accounting and | ||||||
12 | management which spanned 15 years; he was serving as Deputy
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13 | Director of the Chicago Economic Development Corporation when | ||||||
14 | he launched a career in politics when he was elected to the | ||||||
15 | Illinois General Assembly as a State Representative in 1974; he | ||||||
16 | served 2 terms in the State
legislature, and received the 1976 | ||||||
17 | "Best Legislator" Award from the Independent Voters of | ||||||
18 | Illinois; he returned
to his management career in 1978, first | ||||||
19 | as Executive Director of United Christian Community Services, | ||||||
20 | and then
as Vice-President of Finance and Administration for | ||||||
21 | the Chicago Urban League; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was appointed by Chicago Mayor |
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1 | Harold Washington as his first Commissioner of Consumer | ||||||
2 | Services for the City of Chicago; 3 years later,
Mayor | ||||||
3 | Washington tapped him as the first African-American ever | ||||||
4 | appointed to the position of General
Superintendent and Chief | ||||||
5 | Executive Officer of the Chicago Park District; he was | ||||||
6 | successful
in guiding the Chicago Park District through a | ||||||
7 | massive reorganization designed to professionalize a | ||||||
8 | department long mired in patronage abuse, service neglect, and | ||||||
9 | political corruption; he served as the Park
District's Chief | ||||||
10 | Executive Officer until May of 1990; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was a Board Member of the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Prisoner Review Board since 2004; previously, he was a
Special | ||||||
13 | Assistant to State Senator Emil Jones, Jr., then-President of | ||||||
14 | the Illinois Senate; before that he was the
President and Chief | ||||||
15 | Executive Officer of the Abraham Lincoln Centre, a | ||||||
16 | multi-faceted social service organization
that operated | ||||||
17 | primarily on the south side of Chicago; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison's community activities spanned over | ||||||
19 | 40 years, and included memberships in the Executive Club of
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20 | Chicago, the Black Executive Directors' Coalition, the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Child Welfare Advisory Council, and City Club of
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22 | Chicago; he also served as a commissioner and Chairman of the | ||||||
23 | Board of the Illinois African-American Family
Commission for | ||||||
24 | over 10 years; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison was preceded in death by his | ||||||
2 | parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Walter Madison, Sr., and 2 brothers, | ||||||
3 | Earnest and Walter, Jr.; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Jesse Madison is survived by his wife of 54 years, | ||||||
5 | Frances; 2 daughters,
Shanlynn Broaders (Woodrow) and Tracey | ||||||
6 | Sanders (Darren); 2 granddaughters, Brittany Broaders and Bria
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7 | Broaders; one grandson, Jalen Sanders; and his siblings, Eugene | ||||||
8 | Madison (Ethel), Elsie
Newton, and Edna Wiggins (Barry); | ||||||
9 | therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Jesse D. Madison, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
14 | further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Jesse Madison as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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