File #: 18-6973    Version: 1 Name: HONORING COMMISSIONER RICHARD BOYKIN
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 11/8/2018 In control: President
On agenda: 11/14/2018 Final action: 11/14/2018
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING COMMISSIONER RICHARD BOYKIN WHEREAS, Commissioner Richard Boykin (1st District) will vacate his seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 30, 2018 after four outstanding years of public service to the residents of Cook County; and WHERAS, Commissioner Boykin grew up in Chicago's Englewood community and attended Chicago Vocational High School; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Central State University, where he majored in Political Science; and WHEREAS, upon returning to Chicago, Commissioner Boykin became a board member to the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind; and WHEREAS, in 1991, Commissioner Boykin began his legal education at the University of Dayton, School of Law; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin continues to practice law in the Chicago and Washington D.C. offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where he is a partner; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin began his career in public service as a Lyndon B. ...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, 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 COMMISSIONER RICHARD BOYKIN

WHEREAS, Commissioner Richard Boykin (1st District) will vacate his seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 30, 2018 after four outstanding years of public service to the residents of Cook County; and

WHERAS, Commissioner Boykin grew up in Chicago's Englewood community and attended Chicago Vocational High School; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Central State University, where he majored in Political Science; and

WHEREAS, upon returning to Chicago, Commissioner Boykin became a board member to the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind; and

WHEREAS, in 1991, Commissioner Boykin began his legal education at the University of Dayton, School of Law; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin continues to practice law in the Chicago and Washington D.C. offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where he is a partner; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin began his career in public service as a Lyndon B. Johnson Intern for U.S. Representative Bobby Rush, followed by serving as a Congressional Black Caucus Fellow for former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin served as Legislative Director and then Chief of Staff for United States Congressman Danny K. Davis where he was instrumental in welfare-to-work, health care, energy and utility, and appropriations measures; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin was elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners for the 1st District in 2014; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin served as a member of the Board's sub-committee on litigation and as chair of the Human Relations Committee, where he held a number of hearings to advocate for human rights; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Boykin has advocated to reduce the gun violence issue plaguing the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, throughout his years of public service, Commissioner Boykin has been dedicated to the needs and values of the residents of Cook County; and

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