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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Philip R. O'Connor Ph.D. of Chicago, who |
| 4 | | passed away on September 26, 2018; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor was born to Philip J. and Irene |
| 6 | | (Peters) O'Connor in Vallejo, California on September 16, 1948; |
| 7 | | he graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago |
| 8 | | and received his master's and doctorate in political science |
| 9 | | from Northwestern University; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor had an extensive consulting career, |
| 11 | | most recently serving as the president of PROactive Strategies; |
| 12 | | he was a nationally-recognized expert on the development and |
| 13 | | implementation of competitive strategies in the insurance and |
| 14 | | utilities industries; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor served on numerous boards and |
| 16 | | charities; he served as a member of the board of the Big |
| 17 | | Shoulders Foundation for the schools of the Archdiocese of |
| 18 | | Chicago, Haymarket Center, Misericordia, and was the founding |
| 19 | | member of the alumni board of the Loyola University John Felice |
| 20 | | Rome Center; he served as an independent director of Delphi |
| 21 | | Financial Group Inc. and the Reliance Standard Life Insurance |
| 22 | | Company; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor had extensive government and |
| 2 | | political experience; he was appointed to various boards and |
| 3 | | commissions by five governors over four decades; he was |
| 4 | | director of the Illinois Department of Insurance from 1979 to |
| 5 | | 1982, chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission from 1983 to |
| 6 | | 1985, and a member of the Illinois State Board of Elections |
| 7 | | from 1998 to 2004; he served as an advisor to countless |
| 8 | | governors and politicians, most notably running the successful |
| 9 | | campaigns for governor of Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor volunteered to serve at the U.S. |
| 11 | | Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq from 2007 to 2008, working with the |
| 12 | | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. State Department as |
| 13 | | an advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor was preceded in death by his parents; |
| 15 | | and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor is survived by his wife, Lynn |
| 17 | | Carlson; his stepchildren, Jeffrey, Greg, and Melissa (Ian) |
| 18 | | Carlson (Riddle); his grandchildren, Olivia and Isabella; his |
| 19 | | sisters, Kathy and Marilyn O'Connor; his niece and nephew, |
| 20 | | Emily (Alex) Watson and Ryan (Martine) Gordon; and his |
| 21 | | great-niece, Sona; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 3 | | Philip R. O'Connor Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 4 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 5 | | further
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| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 7 | | presented to the family of Dr. O'Connor as an expression of our |
| 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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