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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Daniel P. O'Brien was born in 1924 in Cook County |
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| Hospital; he started shining shoes on Chicago streets at the |
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| age of 8 to help pay the rent with his mother as she raised 2 |
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| boys alone; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of his fighting abilities, Mr. O'Brien was |
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| recruited by the Mercy Home to be a CYO boxer in a bantam |
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| weight division; he was also recruited to the boxing team of |
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| the USS Wakefield while serving in the Coast Guard during World |
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| War II where he fought for the ship's championship, beating |
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| Harold Schwartz; Mr. O'Brien has kept that fighting spirit |
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| throughout his business career, becoming a successful |
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| businessman in real estate, health care, and restaurants; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. O'Brien returned to Chicago after the war and |
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| took a job as a taxi driver; in 1979, he opened O'Briens |
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| Sirloin Inn to friends, neighbors, conventioneers, and |
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| politicians; throughout the years, Mr. O'Brien's unwavering |
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| vision, business savvy, and fighting spirit contributed to the |
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| prosperity of Old Town; he spends most of his time now at |
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| O'Briens Restaurant at Whittaker Woods Golf Course in New |
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| Buffalo, Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, Still working after 7 decades, Mr. O'Brien has |
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| become multi-oriented to his businesses comprising of |
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| restaurant and lodging hospitality, commercial and residential |
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| real estate, long-term care, golf course design, and the |
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| establishment of a taxi service in New Buffalo; at a young 80 |
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| years old, the same spirit can be seen in Mr. O'Brien on a |
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| daily basis; and
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| WHEREAS, His passions of his life begin at home; Mr. |
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| O'Brien and his wife, Mary, have raised 6 children and have 16 |
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| grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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