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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan of Hancock,
4Maryland who passed away on January 10, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, William Dugan was born on August 16, 1933; he grew
6up in West Virginia; he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving
7three tours in Korea with the 82nd Airborne Division as a
8paratrooper; after returning to the U.S., he moved to Chicago
9with his uncle; and
 
10    WHEREAS, In Chicago, William Dugan joined the
11International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, working
12as an equipment operator; he served as a business agent for the
13union from 1965 to 1984; he was elected Local 150's President
14Business Manager in 1986, a position he held until his
15retirement in 2008; he created the Local 150 Organizing
16Department and convinced the union's membership to establish an
17administrative dues structure to fund it; he helped negotiate
18significant wage and benefit increases in Heavy Highway and
19Building Agreements, which lasted until 2010; he established
20the Local 150 Legal Department in 2002; he convinced the union
21to increase dues in order to build the Wilmington training site
22in 2004, which opened in 2007 and was named for him after his
23retirement; he was also the former owner of the Old Country

 

 

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1Music Inn; and
 
2    WHEREAS, William Dugan was appointed to the Illinois State
3Toll Highway Authority by then Governor Jim Thompson; he also
4served on the Executive Board of the Chicago Federation of
5Labor and as a General Vice President of the International
6Union of Operating Engineers; and
 
7    WHEREAS, William Dugan was a lifelong Republican; he was an
8avid hunter and outdoorsman; he was also a Chicago Bears
9football fan; and
 
10    WHEREAS, William Dugan was preceded in death by his
11brother, Roger Dugan; and
 
12    WHEREAS, William Dugan is survived by his wife, Dorothy
13"Dottie" (Lynch) Dugan; his daughters, Billie Jean Fischer and
14Lisa Weller; his grandchildren, Brandon William Fischer and
15Luke Weller; his great-grandchildren, Natalie Fischer and
16Brandon William Fischer Jr.; his siblings, Joy, Dellan, Gary,
17Larry, and Hal; his many nieces and nephews; and his pet,
18Buster; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
21William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan and extend our sincere condolences

 

 

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1to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
2it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of William Dugan as an expression of
5our deepest sympathy.