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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to acknowledge the retirement of |
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| Appellate Judge Kent Slater from the Third District Appellate |
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| Court; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Slater was born in Hampton, Iowa on November |
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| 25, 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Slater received his Bachelor of Science |
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| degree from the University of Illinois in 1968, his Juris |
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| Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School in 1975, and his |
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| L.L.M. degree from the University of Virginia Law School in |
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| 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Slater served as an infantry officer in the |
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| United States Army from 1969 to 1971, serving a tour of duty in |
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| Vietnam; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1984 and 1986, Judge Slater was elected to the |
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| Illinois House of Representatives, and was named Outstanding |
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| Freshman Representative in 1985; while in the House, he served |
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| on the Judiciary Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Slater was elected a Circuit Judge in the |
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| Ninth Judicial Circuit in 1988 and elected Appellate Judge to |
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| the Third District Appellate Court in 1990; he is a member of |
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| the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Judges |
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| Association; and he is the proud father of Jaclyn; therefore, |
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| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Appellate Judge Kent Slater on his retirement |
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| from the bench and wish him nothing but the best for the |