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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of
the passing of our esteemed colleague, former Illinois 
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State Senator John J. Nimrod, who passed away on January 4, 
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2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John Joseph Nimrod was born in the Lakeview 
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district of Chicago on May 1, 1922; he was educated in Chicago 
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public schools, and then attended the University of Illinois, 
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the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northwestern 
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University; he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 
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Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 1950; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod was engaged in combat in World War 
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II and the Korean Conflict for 6 years, first in Europe and 
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then in the Far East; he graduated first in O.C.S. at Fort 
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Benning, Georgia; for his service, he was awarded 6 Battle 
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Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, a Bronze Star, and the 
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Wahrung Korean Medal, the highest award given to a non-Korean 
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civilian; he was honorably discharged from the service at the 
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rank of Captain in 1952; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod was employed as a consultant 
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engineer and worked for General Motors and the president of a 
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plastics firm in Barrington; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod served with pride and distinction 
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as an Illinois State Senator from 1973 to 1983, proudly serving 
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the residents of the 4th Senate District; he served on various 
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important standing committees, serving as the Minority 
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Spokesman of the Public Health, Welfare, and Corrections 
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Committee and as a member of the Revenue Committee and the 
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Committee on Labor and Commerce; and
 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod served in numerous government 
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positions, including assistant to the chairman of the Illinois 
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Industrial  Commission,  Assistant  Director in the Illinois  
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Department  of Revenue,  Assistant  to  the  President of the Cook 
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County Board of Commissioners, Supervisor of  Niles  Township  for  
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8  years, member  of  the  Board  of  Directors of the Township 
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Officials of Illinois,  past  President of the State   Supervisors   
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Division, the Auditor of Niles  Township,  past  President of the 
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State  Auditors Division,  past  President of the Township 
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Officials of Cook County, and as a Niles Township Republican 
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committeeman; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod served as the Chairman of the UNPO 
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General Assembly in The Hague, Netherlands from 1992 to 2004 
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and as President of the UNPO Foundation USA in Washington, D.C. 
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from 2000 to 2008; he also served as Secretary General of the 
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Assyrian Universal Alliance from 1994 to 2005 and as President 
 


 






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of the AUA Foundation from 1999 to 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod was a member of the Chicago 
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Athletic Association, the Y.M.C.A., the Masons, the Shriners, 
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the American Legion, and AMVETS; he was also a Past Director of 
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the Skokie Civil Defense and an Elder in the Presbyterian 
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Church; and
 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod is survived by his wife, Dorothy 
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Ingeborg (Paul) Nimrod; his children, Lizbeth Nimrod, Naomi 
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(Charlie) Dickinson, Joseph John (Lynn), and John Joseph; his 
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grandchildren, Janet (Dickinson) Felton, Anna Dickinson, 
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Loribeth Dickinson, John Paul Nimrod, Joseph Nimrod Jr., and 
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Jack Nimrod; his great-grandchildren, Mya Nimrod, Thomas 
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Nimrod, and Raymond Felton; he was the brother of the late 
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Helen James Schwarten and Susie Badal and the beloved uncle of 
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Ed (Jeannie) James, Ken (Connie) James, Joe (Pat) Nimrod, Dick 
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(Jenne) Nimrod, and Charlotte Wynegar; he was the great uncle 
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of Warren (Amy) James, Jerry (Kitty) James, Ann Harvey and 
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Catherine King, Carl (Caroline) James, Merrily James, Melissa 
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Richardson, Robert (Donna) Badal, and Herb (Carol) Badal; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John J. Nimrod will be remembered by his former 
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colleagues in the Illinois Senate, his former constituents, and 
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his loved ones as an honest, capable, and hard working 
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legislator; therefore, be it

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of our colleague, John 
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Joseph Nimrod; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of John J. Nimrod as an expression of 
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our sympathy.