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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. of 
4Chicago, former City of Chicago Architect and Public Works 
5Commissioner, who passed away on December 2, 2021; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Jerome Butler was born on September 6, 1928; he 
7graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1952, 
8studying at the old University of Illinois Navy Pier campus 
9for his first two years of undergraduate education; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Jerome Butler joined Chicago city government in 
111960; he was appointed as city architect by Mayor Richard J. 
12Daley in 1967; beginning in 1974, he help led the restoration 
13of the Navy Pier auditorium at the east end of Navy Pier, which 
14involved a full restoration of the auditorium and the addition 
15of  a promenade on the north side of the pier and a solar energy 
16project to heat the buildings on the pier's east end; he was 
17also involved with the further redevelopment of Navy Pier 
18before it reopened in 1995, which included the addition of the 
19familiar Family Pavilion, Crystal Gardens, carousel, and first 
20Ferris wheel; he was appointed as Commissioner of the Chicago 
21Department of Public Works in 1979 by Mayor Jane Byrne; later, 
22he served a short term as commissioner of the Chicago 
23Department of Aviation under Mayor Harold Washington; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Jerome Butler won the American Institute of 
2Architects Design Excellence Award for the Navy Pier project; 
3and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Jerome Butler was preceded in death by his wife, 
5Marianne (Falvey) Butler; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Jerome Butler is survived by his children, Ellyn 
7(Robert) Berninger, Carolyn Butler, and Mark (Mary) Butler; 
8his grandchildren, Megan (Michael) and Patricia (Joshua); his  
9great-grandchildren,  Matthew and Eliza; and his extended 
10family and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
13Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. and extend our sincere 
14condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
15him; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to the family of Jerome Butler as an expression of 
18our deepest sympathy.