MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD MEETING OF JULY 6, 2017
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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the memory of David H. Thompson
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WHEREAS, David H. Thompson was born on May 16, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois to Henry W. Thompson and Velma Young Thompson; and
WHEREAS, David was brought up in Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ and then joined Travelers Rest Church, where he served as an acolyte and a member of the junior church; and
WHERAS, David attended Lindbloom High School and later joined the U.S. Army, where he served from 1985 until 1993, receiving an honorable discharge; and
WHEREAS, David worked for Computer Land, repairing and deploying computers to their customers for four years, and then later for JP Morgan Bank in the check fraud department; and
WHEREAS, David met Arletha Harvey in 1997, and they were married in 2000; and
WHEREAS, David graduated from the computer learning center in 1999 and he continued his education and certification classes through CompTIA for Network and SUN Microsystems; and
WHEREAS, David attended DePaul University to continue in the computer security profession; and
WHEREAS, David worked for the naval base from 2003 until 2008 and then joined an IIT research team which is now called INTRI; and
WHEREAS, David passed from this life on May 22, 2017; and
WHEREAS, David is remembered as being full of joy, fun with a mischievous flare, heartfelt, sincere, and determined; and
WHEREAS, David leaves to honor his memory his wife, Arletha Thompson; one stepdaughter, Teresa Harvey; mother, Velma E. King; father, Henry W. Thompson; one brother, Derrick Thompson; three sisters, Wanda Thompson, Andrea Thompson, and Alicia Thompson; one grandmother Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Atkins, and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; 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 David H. Thompson; 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 and that a copy of same, suitably engrossed, be presented to the family of David H. Thompson.
Dated: July 6, 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