[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REMEMBERING FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE EUGENE SCHLICKMAN OF ILLINOIS

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 26, 2014

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember former State 
Representative Eugene Schlickman of Illinois who passed away on January 
23rd at the age of 84.
   Eugene Schlickman was born on December 17th, 1929 in Dubuque, Iowa, 
the oldest of four children. His family moved to Rockford, Illinois, 
where Schlickman grew up and where his father ran the Tydee Dydee 
Diaper Service. Eugene attended St. Thomas High School in Rockford and 
later became the first in his family to graduate from college, after 
which he went on to earn a law degree from Georgetown University.
   Schlickman was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1964 and 
served for eight terms, where he was known for reaching across the 
aisle and promoting bipartisan cooperation. During his tenure in the 
General Assembly, he led initiatives on issues including higher 
education, parochial schools, children's services, and regional 
planning. After leaving the Legislature, Schlickman practiced law in 
Arlington Heights and coauthored biographies of former Governor Otto 
Kerner and Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
   Mr. Speaker, I'd like to give my sincere condolences to Eugene 
Schlickman's family and friends in Rockford and throughout Illinois and 
honor his years of dedicated service to our state.

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