Bill Text: IL HR0869 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Robert F. Martwick on his 50 years of community service and his role as Norwood Park Township Democratic Committeeman.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-02-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0869 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0869-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Robert F. Martwick on his
50 years of community service and his role as Norwood Park
Township Democratic Committeeman; and
WHEREAS, Robert Martwick was born in Chicago on August 20,
1937; he attended St. Philips High School, the University of
Detroit, and Loyola University; he graduated from DePaul
College of Law; and
WHEREAS, Robert Martwick worked as an adjunct professor and
tutored former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and former
Illinois State Senator Howard Carroll; he also served as an
Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's
Attorney's Office, where he and his trial partner tried 59
felony jury trials; he was a candidate for Illinois State
Representative in 1968; in 1973, he founded the Law Offices of
Finkel & Martwick with his partner, Norman Finkel, with whom he
continues to practice with today; he also served as the
Norridge Village prosecutor; and
WHEREAS, Robert Martwick was selected to serve as Township
Committeeman by the Norwood Park Township Democratic
Organization on July 30, 1969, a position he will hold through

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the upcoming election; he was a delegate to the 1976 Democratic
National Convention; he managed the campaigns for his brother,
Richard J. Martwick, who served as Cook County Regional
Superintendent of Education from 1970 until 1994; and
WHEREAS, Robert Martwick is active in many organizations,
including the Chicago Advocates Society, the National
Advocates Society, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois
State Bar Association, the Illinois Supreme Court's Committee
on Character and Fitness, and the Ridgewood High School Board;
he was President of the National Advocates Society from 1987
until 1988 and President of the Ridgemoor Country Club from
1993 until 1996; he was Secretary of the Cook County Democratic
Party from 1996 until 2018; and
WHEREAS, Robert Martwick has received many awards and
recognitions for his service; he was the National Advocates
Society's Man of the Year in 1989; he also received the
Copernican Award for his service to the Polish American
Community; in 2016, the Cook County Democratic Party recognized
him as an Outstanding Leadership Honoree; and
WHEREAS, Robert Martwick has been married to his wife,
Gloria, for 57 years; together, they have five children,
Candace, Cathy, Rob, Kristen, and Holly; they are grandparents
to 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; therefore,

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be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
congratulate Robert F. Martwick on his 50 years of community
service and we recognize his role as Norwood Park Township
Democratic Committeeman; we wish him the best in his future
endeavors; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Robert Martwick as an expression of our esteem and
respect.