MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 15, 2017
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MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of the Reverend Tyrone Crider, Sr.
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WHEREAS, the Reverend Tyrone Crider, Sr., a prominent South Side Chicago pastor and social justice activist, departed this life on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the age of 58; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Crider served as the Senior Pastor of the Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago for the past 14 years, after having organized the New Hope Community Baptist Church of Chicago in 1991; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Crider was the publisher of the African American Tribune, a Chicago-area weekly magazine focusing on public education, economic development, social justice, political empowerment, spiritual growth, youth development and health and wellness issues; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Crider served as the National Executive Director of Operation PUSH, Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Southland Ministerial Health Network, Board Member of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and the Director of Admissions and Associate Dean of Students at Central State University in Wilberforce, OH; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Crider, who was a native of Maywood, Illinois, attended Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park and graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Crider is survived by his beloved wife of twenty-three years, Regina Crider and five children: Sandra, Shantoya, Felice, Tyrone, Jr., and Ti’Ana; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and staff, extend our sympathy and condolences to the family of the Reverend Tyrone Crider, Sr.; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Dated: June 15, 2017
Approved: MARIYANA T. SPYROPOULOS, President; BARBARA J. MCGOWAN, Vice President; FRANK AVILA, Chairman, Committee on Finance; TIMOTHY BRADFORD; MARTIN J DURKAN; JOSINA MORITA; DEBRA SHORE; KARI K. STEELE; DAVID J. WALSH; Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Approved as to Form and Legality: Susan T. Morakalis, Acting General Counsel, STM