SR0340 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0340 LRB102 18722 ECR 27248 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Marcel C. Durot, who passed away on October 7, 2020 at the age of 91; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 8, 1929; he was raised in Waban, Massachusetts; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, a Master of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot served active duty in the Navy for two years aboard the USS Hopper Island; afterward, he began working for the Gillette Safety Razor Company; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot's career at Gillette spanned multiple subsidiaries and countries; his titles included controller treasurer, president-director general, corporate vice president, and president; at the Paper Mate Company, he helped drive the success of the Flair Pen; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot left Gillette in 1977, spent three years working with Mattel, and then joined G.D. Searle & Company in Chicago, where he became part of the launch of Equal tabletop sweetener; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot started his own international consulting business in 1985; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot was a member of the Young Presidents Organization and president of the National Paraplegia Foundation; in 1980, he helped successfully lobby the United Nations to declare 1981 as the Year of Disabled Persons; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot served on the boards of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, the Minnesota Outward Bound School, and the National Outward Bound organization; and

WHEREAS, Marcel Durot is survived by his wife, Charlotte Ann Durot; his children, G. Georges Durot II (Ann), Jennifer C. Durot, Michael M. Durot (Anne), Robert C. Durot (Kamy), and Andrew Durot; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Paige Soule (Ed Varga) and Christa Desir (Julio); and five step-grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Marcel C. Durot and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Marcel Durot as an expression of our deepest sympathy.