92_SR0595 LRB9218498HShs 1 SENATE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Frederick A. Rupley, in addition to a public 3 service career that spans 45 years, was appointed in 2002 to 4 represent the 7th District in the Illinois Senate; and 5 WHEREAS, Frederick honorably served his country in the 6 U.S. Army Reserves from 1954 to 1960 earning an honorable 7 discharge; and 8 WHEREAS, Frederick has continued his public service by 9 being a senior advisor to members of the Illinois General 10 Assembly and Chicago Aldermen and for the last two years with 11 the Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate by informing 12 community groups on the crime of Identity Theft; and 13 WHEREAS, He served the people of Illinois within the 14 Department of Professional Regulation for more than 14 years; 15 and 16 WHEREAS, Frederick remains politically active in Chicago 17 by being the 38th Ward Regular Republican Committeeman and an 18 active member and top precinct captain; and 19 WHEREAS, For 22 years, he was a successful sales 20 representative for the William H. Rorer Pharmaceutical 21 Company; and 22 WHEREAS, Frederick, graduated from Steinmetz High School 23 and earned an associates degree in Business from Wright 24 Junior College in Chicago; and 25 WHEREAS, Fred and his wife, Jeanette, have two children 26 and one grandchild; therefore be it 27 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL 28 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate 29 Frederick A. Rupley as he leaves the Illinois Senate and wish 30 him well in all his future endeavors; and be it further -2- LRB9218498HShs 1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this preamble and 2 resolution be presented to Frederick A. Rupley with our 3 sincere thanks for his service to the people of Illinois.