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1		SENATE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3		learn of the death of Alice Lucille Tregay of Chicago; and
4		WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was born in Evanston on November 14,
5		1929 to Roy and Fannie (nee Fuller) Hicks; she lived in
6		Evanston for most of her young life, attending Foster School
7		and Evanston Township High School; in 1947, she married Vincent
8		Lindsey; in 1964, after the passing of her husband, she married
9		James Tregay; as an adult, she went back to school and attended
10		Southeast Jr. College (now Olive-Harvey) and Roosevelt
11		University; and
12		WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was an integral part of the group
13		that from 1962 to 1966 protested school overcrowding and
14		segregation in black neighborhoods; she was also involved in
15		helping to put an end to housing discrimination; she worked
16		closely with Operation Breadbasket (now Rainbow PUSH) in its
17		struggle against discrimination against people of color in the
18		hiring practices of large companies; and
19		WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was very active in politics; she
20		worked for numerous elected officials, including Aldermen
21		William Cousins and Abner Mikva, Congressman Ralph Metcalfe,
22		President Jimmy Carter, Vice-President Walter Mondale, Mayor

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1		Harold Washington, and United States Senator Carol Mosley
2		Braun; she also worked on the presidential campaigns of Rev.
3		Jesse Jackson; she was chief lobbyist for the Black Illinois
4		Legislative Lobby as part of her work with The Woodlawn
5		Organization; after discovering the key to a successful
6		election was voter registration, she became instrumental in the
7		creation of the Political Education Division of Rainbow PUSH,
8		becoming the Director until her retirement; and
9		WHEREAS, Alice Tregay has been recognized for her
10		outstanding work in civil rights and community service by
11		numerous organizations and has received many prestigious
12		awards, most notably one presented to her in March of 2004 by
13		Illinois State Senator Barack Obama; and
14		WHEREAS, Alice Tregay was always a hard worker and worked
15		all her life at various jobs; she worked for the Illinois
16		Department of Human Rights for 8 years; and
17		WHEREAS, Alice Tregay is survived by her husband, James;
18		her 3 children, Alice (Robert) Fluegge, David (Clare) Tregay,
19		and Dawn Emmett; her 6 children, Derrick (Rachel) Fluegge, Adam
20		(Janette) Hickman, Jason Hickman, Robert (Heather) Fluegge,
21		and Rachel and Erika Emmett; her 10 great-grandchildren; her
22		brother, Sanders (Karen) Hicks; and numerous cousins and
23		friends who were also her family; therefore, be it

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1		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
2		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
3		Alice Lucille Tregay, and extend our sincere condolences to her
4		family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
5		further
6		RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7		presented to the family of Alice Tregay as an expression of our
8		deepest sympathy.