File #: 18-5065    Version: 1 Name: HONORING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF WILSON FROST
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 7/24/2018 In control: President
On agenda: 9/11/2018 Final action: 9/11/2018
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF WILSON FROST WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was born on December 27, 1925 to General Frost and Freddie Bonds in Cairo, Illinois; and WHEREAS, Wilson attended Phillips Academy High School in Chicago and earned his bachelor's degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; and WHEREAS, he returned to Chicago to attend the Chicago-Kent College of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1958; and WHEREAS, after earning his law degree, Wilson joined the firm Frost, Sherard, Howse & Coleman, where he continued on as a partner until 1973; and WHEREAS, in 1973, Wilson formed Meyer & Frost, later Frost & Greenblatt, where he remained until his retirement in 1998; and WHEREAS, Wilson became involved in politics and won the aldermanic election representing the 21st Ward in 1967 and the 34th Ward in 1971; and WHEREAS, in December 1976, Wilson was named Chairman of the Finance Committee for the City of Chicago; and WHEREAS, Wilson's dedication...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF WILSON FROST

WHEREAS, Wilson Frost was born on December 27, 1925 to General Frost and Freddie Bonds in Cairo, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Wilson attended Phillips Academy High School in Chicago and earned his bachelor's degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; and

WHEREAS, he returned to Chicago to attend the Chicago-Kent College of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1958; and

WHEREAS, after earning his law degree, Wilson joined the firm Frost, Sherard, Howse & Coleman, where he continued on as a partner until 1973; and

WHEREAS, in 1973, Wilson formed Meyer & Frost, later Frost & Greenblatt, where he remained until his retirement in 1998; and

WHEREAS, Wilson became involved in politics and won the aldermanic election representing the 21st Ward in 1967 and the 34th Ward in 1971; and

WHEREAS, in December 1976, Wilson was named Chairman of the Finance Committee for the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Wilson's dedication to public service did not end at the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Wilson went on to be Commissioner of the Cook County Board of Tax Appeals; and

WHEREAS, Wilson retired as a Commissioner in 1998; and

WHEREAS, Wilson was a Cook County resident who selflessly served the public and relentlessly worked to improve the community; and

WHEREAS, Wilson was also a great mentor and was kindly known as "The Godfather"; and

WHEREAS, Wilson Frost passed away on May 5, 2018 in Palm Desert, California; and

WHEREAS, he is survived by his wife Myra Everett, daughters Jacqueline Baldridge, Myrna Everett, and Renee Everett, great grandchildren Michael Baldridge, Justin Baldridge and Austin Pegram, and his sister Geneva Harris; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, hereby offer its deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to the family of Wilson Frost and honor the life and mem...

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