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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are proud to congratulate Andrew F. "Rookie"
4 Brown of Chicago, who is retiring after forty-two years of
5 public service employment; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Brown will finish his career as District
7 Manager of the Department of Human Services in the City of
8 Chicago at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service
9 Center; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Brown opened the Dr. King Center as the
11 first Community Administrator in 1975; he also served as
12 Community Administrator/District Manager at the Woodlawn,
13 Mid-South, Englewood, and Garfield Centers; and
14 WHEREAS, Mr. Brown began his public service career as a
15 teacher with the Chicago Public Schools; from teaching, he
16 went to Youth Welfare, the Chicago Committee on Urban
17 Opportunity, Model Cities, and lastly the Department of Human
18 Services; and
19 WHEREAS, Mr. Brown is married and is the father of two
20 adult children; he is also the grandfather of one recently
21 born grandson; and
22 WHEREAS, Mr. Brown graduated from Knoxville College; he
23 is an avid sportsman and played college and semi-pro
24 basketball; his nickname, "Rookie", was given to him during
25 his high school years; therefore, be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we congratulate Andrew F. "Rookie" Brown on his retirement
29 and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it
30 further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Andrew F. Brown as an expression of our esteem.