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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Edward Duffy, who passed away on January 
44, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Edward Duffy was born in 1945; his parents were 
6Edward and Dorothy Duffy; he married the love of his life, 
7Nancy, in 1968; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Edward Duffy had a long and distinguished career 
9in public service; after many years in the Chicago Police 
10Department, he later served the State of Illinois as head of 
11the Dangerous Drugs Commission, the Department of Alcoholism 
12and Substance Abuse, the Department of Public Aid, and as 
13Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor James Thompson; he 
14subsequently moved to the private sector, where he served as 
15President of Arlington Park Racetrack and oversaw the 
16rebuilding of the track; he also oversaw the transformation of 
17Sportsman's Park into a dual-purpose facility that brought 
18world class auto racing to Illinois with Chicago Motor 
19Speedway; and

  
 
20    WHEREAS, Edward Duffy is survived by his wife, Nancy; his 
21children, Colleen, Meghan, Kelli, Erin, Cara, Tim, Eric, Brent, 
22and Scott; and his grandchildren, Katelyn, Madison, Braden, 
 
 
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1Bryce, Ansley, Everleigh, Finnegan, and Brooklyn; therefore, 
2be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
5family and friends, mourn the passing of Edward Duffy; and be 
6it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Edward Duffy as an expression of our 
9sympathy.