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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 496 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 496

 Relative to the death of the Honorable Alan John Dixon, former United 
               States Senator for the State of Illinois.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 7, 2014

    Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
   Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Boxer, 
 Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, 
  Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
 Coons, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
   Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Franken, Mrs. 
   Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
Hatch, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Heller, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, 
  Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. 
   Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
 Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
 McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
 Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Paul, 
     Mr. Portman, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
   Rockefeller, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
   Scott, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
 Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
     Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
    Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Relative to the death of the Honorable Alan John Dixon, former United 
               States Senator for the State of Illinois.

Whereas Alan John Dixon was born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois on 
        July 7, 1927, served in the United States Navy Air Corps in 1945, 
        graduated from the University of Illinois in 1949, graduated Washington 
        University School of Law located in St. Louis, Missouri in 1949, passed 
        the Illinois bar in 1949, and then commenced practice in Belleville;
Whereas Senator Dixon married his wife, Joan Louise ``Jody'' Fox, in 1954;
Whereas Senator Dixon is survived by his wife, Joan; 2 daughters, Stephanie 
        Yearian of Waterloo, Illinois, and Elizabeth Megaw of Fairfax, Virginia; 
        1 son, Jeffrey Dixon of Chicago, Illinois; 8 grandchildren; and 6 great-
        grandchildren;
Whereas Senator Dixon was elected Belleville, Illinois, Police Magistrate in 
        1949;
Whereas Senator Dixon served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1951-
        1963, in the Illinois Senate from 1963-1971, and as Minority Whip of the 
        Illinois Senate from 1964-1971;
Whereas Senator Dixon served as Illinois Treasurer from 1971-1977 and Illinois 
        Secretary of State from 1977-1981;
Whereas Senator Dixon was first elected to the United States Senate in 1980 and 
        served until 1993;
Whereas Senator Dixon continued to serve his country as chair of the Defense 
        Base Closure and Realignment Commission from 1994-1995;
Whereas Senator Dixon served the State of Illinois for 42 years;
Whereas Senator Dixon was the first statewide Democrat in Illinois to make full 
        disclosure of his net financial worth and began the tradition in 
        Washington of bipartisan Illinois Congressional lunches; and
Whereas his impeccable honesty, willingness to reach across the aisle and across 
        Illinois, and leadership in the State earned him the nickname ``Al the 
        Pal'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
        regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Alan John 
        Dixon, former member of the United States Senate;
            (2) the Secretary of the Senate communicate these 
        resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit an 
        enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased; and
            (3) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
        further mark of respect to the memory of the Alan John Dixon.
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