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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Wesley Arthur Wildman, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on August 6, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was born to Arthur W. Wildman and | ||||||
| 6 | Louise Rankin-Wildman in Chicago on May 22, 1931; he was | ||||||
| 7 | raised on the South Side of the city; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman graduated from Calumet High | ||||||
| 9 | School; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman completed his undergraduate and | ||||||
| 11 | postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago; he obtained | ||||||
| 12 | a bachelor's degree in 1951, a Juris Doctor in 1953, and a | ||||||
| 13 | master's degree in 1955; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was a law practitioner and | ||||||
| 15 | professor; his specialty was labor law, specifically | ||||||
| 16 | management representation during contract negotiations and | ||||||
| 17 | labor disputes; his clients included the Chicago Board of | ||||||
| 18 | Education and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools; | ||||||
| 19 | and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was often cited in local news | ||||||
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| 1 | reports concerning strikes by employees at high-profile | ||||||
| 2 | companies; the news outlets included the Chicago Tribune and | ||||||
| 3 | Chicago Business among others; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman's legal career included a stint at | ||||||
| 5 | the Franczek Law Firm; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was appointed by former Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | Governor James Thompson as one of the three original members | ||||||
| 8 | of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman taught industrial relations for | ||||||
| 10 | decades at the University of Chicago Graduate School of | ||||||
| 11 | Business, now the Booth School of Business, and had a strong | ||||||
| 12 | and lasting impact on many of his students, including Booth | ||||||
| 13 | alumnus and now Senate President Don Harmon; after retirement, | ||||||
| 14 | he continued teaching as an adjunct professor of Public Policy | ||||||
| 15 | until 2014; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 17 | parents and his brother; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Wesley Wildman was | ||||||
| 19 | survived by his wife, Andrea; his children, Kathleen (Nancy | ||||||
| 20 | Katz), Christopher (Karen), Jeanne (Chris Felknor), Ellen | ||||||
| 21 | (Mary English), Richard (partner Sara Truelsen), Anne, and | ||||||
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| 1 | David (partner Laura Candre); and his grandchildren, Andrew | ||||||
| 2 | and Jordan Felknor; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 5 | Wesley Arthur Wildman and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 6 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to the family of Wesley Wildman as an expression of | ||||||
| 10 | our deepest sympathy.
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