[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 104 (Monday, July 7, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4225-S4226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 496--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE ALAN JOHN 
     DIXON, FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

  Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reid of Nevada, 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.

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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 of Rhode Island, 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:

                              S. Res. 496

       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 Alan John Dixon.

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