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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORABLE ADLAI EWING STEVENSON III, IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called Adlai Ewing Stevenson III from our midst, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was the beloved husband of Nancy (nee Anderson), and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was the loving father of Adlai IV (Barbara Linger), Lucy (Christopher Neher), Katherine (Larry Kramer), and Warwick (Winifred Stevenson), and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was the cherished grandfather of Adlai Stevenson V, Katherine Neher Johnston, Maxwell Kramer, Benjamin Kramer, Toby Bahrmasel, Jonas Bahrmasel, Olivia Bahrmasel and Liam Bahrmasel, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was the beloved son of Adlai Stevenson II and Ellen Borden, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III the dear brother of John Stevenson and Borden Stevenson, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III attended Milton Academy in Massachusetts, Harrow School in England, Harvard College and received a law degree in 1957 from Harvard Law School, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and served in the Marine Reserves until he was discharged in 1961 as a captain, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967; and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III served as Illinois State Treasurer from 1967 to 1970; and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was elected to the United States Senate in a 1970 Illinois special election to fill the balance of the term of Senator Everett Dirksen who died in office, and
WHEREAS Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was reelected to the United States Senate in 1974 and served as the first Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and Chairman of a Special Committee which led the first major reorganization of the Senate since the early 19th century, and
WHEREAS a member of the US Senate, Adlai Ewing Stevenson III co-authored essential ener...
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